vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMeta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model trainingwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down10
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minus-squarecpbsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoTo be clear, this is not restricted to content posted on Facebook. It’s any content posted on any website owned by the customer.
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoAnd specifically gives Meta the right to create “test credentials” on sites and scrape resultant deep content such as product docs that are only available with an account. This is far more invasive and concerning than traditional site scraping and indexing.(refs: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/16/meta-grants-itself-right-to-scrape-content-from-business-customers-for-model-training/5303658 , https://m.facebook.com/legal/commercial_terms_preview )
To be clear, this is not restricted to content posted on Facebook. It’s any content posted on any website owned by the customer.
And specifically gives Meta the right to create “test credentials” on sites and scrape resultant deep content such as product docs that are only available with an account. This is far more invasive and concerning than traditional site scraping and indexing.(refs: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/16/meta-grants-itself-right-to-scrape-content-from-business-customers-for-model-training/5303658 , https://m.facebook.com/legal/commercial_terms_preview )