Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash
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Meta softening its “crawl and train” language after customer backlash shows that data rights are now a real commercial constraint on AI roadmaps, not just a PR issue. If your product depends on user or partner data for training, expect contract language and opt-outs to become a negotiation battlefield — get legal and product aligned early.
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