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Saturday, 17 October 2026

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

The Verge 6 hours ago 15 ● 3 sources

Meta updated its commercial terms to remove language that could have been read as allowing it to scrape content from websites, including news sites, for training its AI. The specific wording being removed was a sentence saying Meta “may use any content” from certain domains, web pages, or URLs. As a result, that potentially broad scraping-for-training interpretation is no longer supported by the terms on the commercial terms page.

Websites are closing their doors to AI agents

The Verge 8 hours ago 1

Websites are blocking AI agents from completing tasks across major services, even though multiple companies market agents that can browse and act on the user’s behalf. In recent weeks, users of Meta’s Muse, xAI’s Grok, OpenAI’s Dots, and Instinct reported blocks on actions at top websites. As a result, agent capabilities are being curtailed unless sites allow access via routes like paid data licensing.

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