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Meta to delay new commercial terms criticised by publishers, advertisers

  • Meta Platforms extended the implementation of updated Commercial Terms to November 20 from October 30 on Friday, delaying the rollout to address concerns from publishers and digital advertisers.
  • Publishers and digital advertisers in the European Union raised concerns that Meta's new terms would allow the company to freely scrape news sites for artificial intelligence training.
  • The News/Media Alliance sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday demanding the company revise its terms over concerns they would cause "severe harm" to publishers.
  • Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts said the delay allows time to explain "how Meta uses web crawlers and the fact that content owners will still be able to use robots.txt to signal preferences."
  • Though Meta updated the terms to remove language about "training" its products, legal experts argued the change is not enough to rule out the possibility of artificial intelligence training.
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El Correo broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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