Policy
Everyone Everywhere Hated Meta’s New AI Training Terms. Now, They’re On Pause
404 Media · By Samantha Cole ·
Following widespread backlash, Meta announced earlier this week it’s putting a planned update of its commercial terms of use on pause. The terms would have required business accounts to allow Meta to “use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop…
The Brief
- Meta has paused a planned update to its commercial terms of use, following widespread backlash.
- The paused terms would have required business accounts to let Meta use content from domains, web pages, or URLs to provide and develop its AI.
- Meta announced the pause earlier in the week reported by 404 Media.
Why it matters
Business accounts on Meta platforms were facing new terms that would have allowed Meta to use their content for AI development, so the pause keeps the current terms in place for now.
Who’s affected
- Business account holders on Meta platforms
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