Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash

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Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.

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1. Ars Technica AIPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
   Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash ↗Oct 20, 2026, 4:07 PM

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1. October 20, 2026 at 4:07 PMFirst reported

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