GoKawiilMeta pauses planned Facebook business terms update after global backlash
Meta has indefinitely delayed changes to its commercial terms that would have required Facebook Business account holders to allow extensive AI training on any external websites linked from their pages. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters the company is pausing the changes to keep engaging with stakeholders, and that existing terms remain in effect for now.
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The terms had drawn lawsuits and injunctions in Brazil and Norway, plus a formal investigation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority into possible abuse of market power to harvest AI training data. The reversal suggests regulatory and legal pressure, rather than voluntary reconsideration, may have driven Meta's retreat, and it leaves open whether a revised version of the terms will resurface later.
- Meta has indefinitely paused its planned commercial terms update requiring AI training access to linked external sites.
- Courts in Brazil and Norway had already issued injunctions blocking the changes before Meta's pause.
- The UK's CMA opened an investigation into whether Meta was exploiting market dominance to capture AI training data.
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-11-06
Published there as: ““Does Meta think we can’t read?” Meta abandons sketchy commercial terms update.”
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