New Meta TOS around scraping 'unconscionable,' US Copyright Alliance says

( October 27, 2026, 19:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Copyright Alliance is criticizing Meta Platforms' proposed terms-of-service update, saying it will allow the company to scrape commercial account holders' content for business purposes, including training artificial intelligence models. “The new terms of service that Meta intends to put into practice are unconscionable," CEO Keith Kupferschmid said. "They could allow Meta to scrape any business user’s content and use that scraped content, much of which is protected by copyright, in Meta’s own business products, including for advertising, and to train and ground the company’s AI products."Statement follows below:...

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