# Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products" (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge) — retained record

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[Meta Platforms Inc.](https://highsignal.app/entities/META)[original source ↗](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites)

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Techmeme permalink: https://www.techmeme.com/261017/p14#a261017p14

<a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/261017/i14.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261017/p14#a261017p14" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Terrence O'Brien / <a href="https://www.theverge.com/">The Verge</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites">Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites &ldquo;associated with&rdquo; business accounts, saying it applied only to &ldquo;ads and business products&rdquo;</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Language that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI has been removed from Meta's terms.</p>
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