Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash
THE SO WHAT
Meta pausing its new crawling terms under publisher pressure shows that data access for AI training is now a negotiated asset, not a default. If your business depends on content, you need an explicit stance—contractual, technical, or both—on how platforms can use your pages for their models.
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