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Nov 05 from https://www.404media.co/

Everyone Everywhere Hated Meta’s New AI Training Terms. Now, They’re On Pause

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, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of” Meta’s products. The new terms were initially set to go into...

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Nov 03 from https://arstechnica.com/

Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.

Over the weekend, the No Kings Coalition said Meta declined to commit to taking steps to prevent automated systems from suspending one of Instagram’s most prominent pro-democracy accounts if activity surged around the page during the midterm elections. A demand for action came after Meta apologized for temporarily suspending the No Kings Instagram account and disabling access for four hours...

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Nov 03 from https://www.404media.co/

Meta pauses rules that critics say could let it scrape news sites for AI

The new rules would authorize Meta to use web scrapers and bots to “index, cache, analyze, collect, retrieve, or crawl the domains, web pages, or URLs” associated with a business account. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . Meta said it was postponing the rollout of new terms for its business accounts after an outcry from media companies and...

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