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title: "Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites"
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published_at: "2026-10-17T15:04:36.000Z"
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# Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

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**Published:** 2026-10-17T15:04:36.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** meta, regulation

## Summary

Meta has removed language from its terms that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites>)
- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/meta-removes-language-that-raised-scraping-and-ai-training-concerns/>)
- [Story source](<https://genk.vn/meta-tu-cap-quyen-quet-website-khach-hang-de-day-ai-165261019105625384.chn>)