Privacy

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

2026-10-17 · The Verge

Meta got caught trying to quietly sneak language into its terms that would let it scrape news sites to feed its AI, then had to sheepishly remove it after people actually read the fine print. Nothing says 'trustworthy AI company' like hoping nobody notices you gave yourself permission to hoover up everyone's content.

← All stories