Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Summary
Ars Technica reports that Meta is reportedly streamlining its commercial terms to require business accounts to allow AI training on content from linked domains, potentially bypassing licensing restrictions. The update, effective around October 30, could force publishers to consent to Meta crawling and training on their content, with concerns that agencies could leverage test credentials to bypass paywalls. Legal experts warn the changes could resemble antitrust tying and raise questions about fair use and how robots.txt is treated.