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Meta has delayed the effective date of its new business terms from October 30 to November 20. Publishers had raised concerns that the terms could allow Meta to scrape news sites for AI training; a Meta spokesperson said the delay gives the company more time to explain the changes to partners and other stakeholders.

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Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the terms will go into effect on November 20th "to allow more time for us to explain to our partners and stakeholders what's changing and what's not." The business terms, which were originally supposed to go into effect on October 30th, appeared to give Meta permission to freely scrape the new sites that use its platforms, while using the material for AI training. Though Meta u … Read the full story at The Verge.

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