Meta's business terms drop the word 'train' but experts say its website collection rights remain broad(niemanlab.org)

- According to the original report, Meta removed the 'train' wording from the list of website collection purposes in its new business account terms and narrowed use to advertising and business products. - Legal experts said the phrase 'developing business products' is still broad enough to include training. The revised terms also contain no language saying Meta will respect robots.txt (a file that tells websites whether search or collection bots may access them). - A Meta spokesperson said robots.txt settings remain effective as before and that the permissions for news sites have not changed. This is Meta's claim, and the original report did not independently verify it. - The new terms take effect on October 30, and according to the original report, business accounts have no option to reject the new terms before they take effect.