https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/meta-may-use-sweeping-new-commercial-tos-to-avoid-millions-in-ai-licensing-feesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/meta-may-use-sweeping-new-commercial-tos-to-avoid-millions-in-ai-licensing-feeshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/meta-may-use-sweeping-new-commercial-tos-to-avoid-millions-in-ai-licensing-fees#u137685Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:30:41 +0000Meta has revised its commercial terms of service to grant itself the right to scrape content from websites linked to business accounts for AI model training. These changes take effect October 30, requiring business users to accept the terms or cease using Meta services. Legal experts suggest the move is an attempt to bypass millions of dollars in AI licensing fees, particularly from news publishers, by obtaining broad permission to use their data for free.Why it mattersAI developers typically pay publishers for high-quality training data through licensing agreements. By integrating scraping ri