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Meta's New Terms Extend Crawling and Training Rights Beyond Advertisers

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Meta updated its terms to allow crawling and content use for training beyond just advertisers, extending rights previously limited to ad buyers.

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Meta has expanded its content crawling and training rights to include sites associated with business users beyond those who purchase advertising, broadening the scope of data collection that ad buyers had previously authorized. The change affects how Meta can use third-party content to develop its products and AI systems.

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