European publishers ask EU to stop Meta's AI crawling and training practices before November 20
By Eric Mandell
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European publishers are pushing the EU to intervene in Meta's AI crawling and training practices, arguing the company's opt-out terms are insufficient before a November 20 deadline.
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European publishers have asked EU regulators to halt Meta's AI content crawling and training terms before November 20, contending that removing the word "train" from Meta's policies does not actually exclude fine-tuning or AI grounding, and that businesses lack meaningful rights to refuse participation. The appeal raises concerns about how major platforms access and use publisher content for AI model development—a practice with growing implications for content discovery, indexing, and AI Overviews in search.
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