Meta indefinitely pauses its new commercial terms, which critics say would let it scrape sites of business users, after publisher outcry and court injunctions (Nieman Lab)
Meta has officially halted the rollout of its updated commercial terms for an indefinite period. The move comes directly after vocal pushback from publishers as well as court injunctions aimed at the proposed changes. Opponents heavily criticized the language, arguing it would give the company free rein to scrape partner websites. No further information was disclosed regarding revisions to the language or future implementation plans.
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Legal interventions and publisher resistance successfully stopped the immediate enforceme…: Legal interventions and publisher resistance successfully stopped the immediate enforcement of the terms.
Business clients temporarily avoid provisions that could have permitted the scraping of t…: Business clients temporarily avoid provisions that could have permitted the scraping of their websites.
The company did not disclose any future plans or specific revisions to the contested term…: The company did not disclose any future plans or specific revisions to the contested terms.
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