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Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say

Nieman Lab 15 October 2026 13h ago
Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say
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Meta can use web scrapers to crawl and collect content from websites “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, according to its new commercial terms of use. The update, set to go into effect on October 30, will include news publishers with business accounts. These accounts allow companies or public figures to manage Facebook pages,...
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