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Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products"

Language that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI has been removed from Meta's terms.

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Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products"

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