Meta plans to sidestep AI training content licensing fees by adopting a new version of its commercial terms of service.
Meta will implement its new Commercial Terms on October 30, 2026, mandating that business accounts permit its crawlers to collect and use content for AI training—covering all website content linked by users to Meta’s platforms, with no opt-out mechanism. Legal experts warn that this move could amount to a unilateral expansion of authorization over third-party content, including that of news publishers.


