Meta drops "train" from commercial TOS after AI scraping backlash

Meta removed the word "train" from its streamlined commercial terms of service taking effect October 30, after legal experts and publishers warned the policy allowed broad scraping of business pages. Meta says the changes only cover ads and business products, but experts argue the revised language remains too broad.

• New Meta commercial terms take effect October 30
• The word "train" and "any content" were removed
• Publishers urge regulators to block the terms
• Meta did not alert users to the changed language