Meta’s new business terms could permit scraping news sites for AI training

Nieman Lab reports that Meta’s commercial terms, set to take effect October 30, 2026, authorize scraping websites associated with business accounts and using the content to train its products. Three legal experts told the outlet the language could allow Meta to use news-site content for AI training, though whether a court would enforce the terms is unclear. Meta says the update consolidates existing permissions and will not change how it crawls publishers.