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Meta Removes Scraping Language From Terms After Publisher Backlash

The company revised its commercial terms following criticism that they allowed AI training on user content, though experts warn broad scraping rights may remain.

8 publishers · 9 articles · first seen 15 Oct 2026 · updated 18d ago

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How the odds moved · Will Meta have the best AI model at the end of December 2026?
0%50%100%1%19 Sept, 11:07 UTCnowArs Technica: Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash · 20 Oct, 20:07 UTCTechCrunch: Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns · 17 Oct, 21:31 UTCThe Verge: Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites · 17 Oct, 15:04 UTCRSS 2.0: Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping · 19 Oct, 22:47 UTCQuartz: Meta removed "train" from its business terms after publisher backlash over scraping · 19 Oct, 11:40 UTCwww.theregister.com: Meta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training · 16 Oct, 20:00 UTCLatest news: Have a Meta business account? You’re consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say · 16 Oct, 19:36 UTCHacker News: Legal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions · 18 Oct, 10:21 UTCHacker News: Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 30 · 15 Oct, 23:37 UTC

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The story so far

8 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 15 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 15 October at 23:37 UTC; Latest news followed 19h 58m later. The most recent article, from Ars Technica, appeared on 20 October at 20:07 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: The Verge (major outlet), TechCrunch (major outlet), Ars Technica (major outlet), Hacker News, Latest news, www.theregister.com, Quartz, RSS 2.0.

One prediction market prices this story:

  • Will Meta have the best AI model at the end of December 2026? — the market puts it at 1%, with $10k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Dec 2026. The market resolves by checking the Chatbot Arena LLM Leaderboard on December 31, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET to see which company owns the model with the highest rank. If ranks are tied, the system uses the precise arena score and then alphabetical order of company names as tiebreakers.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Meta have the best AI model at the end of December 2026? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. Hacker NewsBusiness accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 303%
  2. Latest newsHave a Meta business account? You’re consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say3%
  3. www.theregister.comMeta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training3%
  4. The VergeMeta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites3%
  5. TechCrunchMeta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns3%
  6. Hacker NewsLegal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions3%
  7. QuartzMeta removed "train" from its business terms after publisher backlash over scraping2%
  8. RSS 2.0Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping2%
  9. Ars TechnicaMeta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash1%▼1 points since the previous source
  10. Current odds1%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash Ars Technica ·
  2. Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns TechCrunch ·
  3. Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites The Verge ·
  4. Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping RSS 2.0
  5. Meta removed "train" from its business terms after publisher backlash over scraping Quartz
  6. Meta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training www.theregister.com
Show 3 more sources
  1. Have a Meta business account? You’re consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say Latest news
  2. Legal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions Hacker News
  3. Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 30 Hacker News

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  • Polymarket Will Meta have the best AI model at the end of December 2026? 1% $10k 24hends 31 Dec 2026

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