Meta delays controversial terms that critics say allow web scraping

Meta pushed back the effective date of its new commercial terms from October 30 to November 20 after the News/Media Alliance demanded they be withdrawn. Publishers fear the terms let Meta crawl their content for AI without compensation.

• New terms were set for October 30, now delayed to November 20
• News/Media Alliance, representing 2,000+ outlets, demanded withdrawal
• Meta removed the word "train" but kept broad content rights
• Publishers can only opt out via robots.txt