# Meta postpones new publisher terms amid AI training concerns

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/meta-delays-new-business-terms-after-publisher-pushback-on-ai-scraping/
- Published: 2026-10-23T14:47:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T15:18:39+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017450/meta-business-terms-delayed-ai-scraping
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Technology

## Key points

- Meta delayed the terms until 20 November.
- Publishers fear the terms could permit AI training on their content.
- Meta says websites can signal crawler preferences with robots.txt.

## Summary

Meta has postponed new business terms after publishers and other industry groups warned they could let it scrape news websites and use their material to train AI. The delay gives the company more time to explain the changes and address concerns about how website content is accessed.

The terms were due to take effect on 30 October and are now scheduled for 20 November. Meta removed wording that referred to training its products, but legal experts said this did not rule out the possibility; the News/Media Alliance called for revisions, while groups in the UK and EU urged regulators to intervene. Meta says site owners can still use robots.txt to signal whether crawlers may access their content.

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