Content overview: “Meta’s AI Could Still Scrape News Sites Despite Terms Update, Legal Experts Warn”. Meta has updated its business terms, removing language that explicitly allowed its AI models to train on news sites like The Verge. But legal experts say the changes don’t go far enough to prevent the company from scraping publisher content. The revised terms still include broad permissions for data used “associated with your products or services,” which could be interpreted to cover AI training.
This matters because publishers rely on copyright protection to monetize their journalism, and unchecked scraping could undermine their business models. While Meta has not confirmed any specific scraping activities, the ambiguity leaves room for ongoing legal disputes. For news organizations and content creators, the stakes are high: if AI companies can freely ingest articles, the value of original reporting may erode. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.