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Meta has delayed enforcement of its controversial new business terms — which publishers fear would let it scrape their sites for AI training — from October 30 to November 20 amid partner pushback.
Meta's new commercial terms (effective October 30) appear to permit it to scrape websites 'associated' with businesses using its platforms — including news publishers — to train its AI, with legal experts warning the terms could be used to override robots.txt blocking, per a Nieman Lab report surfaced by The Verge.
An opinion piece arguing that minors circumventing under-15/under-16 social media bans in France, Australia, and the UK is not a policy problem worth fixing.
Meta faces a landmark child-safety lawsuit that could force changes to core Facebook and Instagram features.
Meta agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle teen-safety claims, with binding Twitter/Instagram/Facebook changes and contingent payments if rivals adopt similar safeguards.
Meta agreed to a California-led settlement worth up to $16.7B to states, plus sweeping teen-use limits and enhanced parental controls on Instagram/Facebook, with age-verification measures and independent audits; regulators and privacy advocates remain skeptical about effectiveness and privacy risks.
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