{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b61710fe4d4689d1033deb37","clusterId":"c_4ae4a12832916ed7b4cd791c","slug":"meta-postpones-commercial-terms-update-indefinitely-after-scraping-backlash","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Meta Postpones Commercial Terms Update Indefinitely After Scraping Backlash","summary":"Meta told users in early October 2026 that its Commercial Terms would let it crawl websites tied to business accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. After criticism, Meta removed the word train from the scraping clause on October 17 and extended the effective date. On November 5, Meta's Business Center said the update, along with changes to its Product Catalog, Self-Serve Advertising, and Advertising Creative Generative AI terms, would be postponed indefinitely and will not take effect on November 20, 2026.","whyItMatters":"Meta's retreat leaves the scraping clause unwritten for now, but the terms it pulled still show how much of the web tied to business accounts it wanted to claim.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe postponement covers four sets of terms at once: the Commercial Terms, the Product Catalog Terms, the Self-Serve Advertising Terms, and the Advertising Creative Generative AI Terms. The Business Center notice on November 5 said none of them will take effect on November 20, 2026.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scraping clause drew fire because nearly every news organization holds at least one Meta business account, and the original wording let Meta use content from linked domains for purposes that included training. Meta removed the word train on October 17 and limited scraped content to advertising and business products. The UK competition and consumer protection authority sent Meta a formal letter on October 20 to consult on the terms.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Meta dropped the word train from the scraping clause on October 17, then shelved the whole terms update on November 5. The wording concession did not settle the objection, it only bought time before the indefinite delay.","twitterPost":"Meta removed the word train from its scraping clause on October 17 and still postponed the terms. The vocabulary fix did not answer the objection.","threadsPost":"Meta's October 17 edit swapped out the word train in the scraping clause, and the November 5 Business Center notice postponed the update anyway. Rewording the clause did not resolve the complaint, so the terms now sit indefinitely alongside the Product Catalog and advertising changes.","newsletterBlurb":"Meta has postponed its Commercial Terms update indefinitely, the Business Center said on November 5. The terms had drawn criticism for a clause letting Meta crawl websites tied to business accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Meta had already removed the word train from the clause on October 17.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261109-meta-scraping/\",\"title\":\"Meta's Controversial Web Scraping Policy Change Indefinitely Postponed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5462,"outputTokens":667,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794202705,"createdAt":"2026-11-09T05:32:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-09T05:37:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-09T05:37:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4ae4a12832916ed7b4cd791c","canonicalTitle":"Metaの物議を醸していたウェブスクレイピングに関するポリシー変更が無期限延期","representativeArticleId":"a_e3a2c6f00789ab98329071d0","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-09T04:55:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-09T04:55:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-09T05:37:26.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261109-meta-scraping/","title":"Metaの物議を醸していたウェブスクレイピングに関するポリシー変更が無期限延期"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Meta notified users in early October 2026 of a Commercial Terms update with a scraping provision.","Meta removed the word train from the scraping clause on October 17, 2026.","Meta's Business Center said on November 5, 2026 that the update was postponed indefinitely.","The postponed terms include the Commercial Terms, Product Catalog Terms, Self-Serve Advertising Terms, and Advertising Creative Generative AI Terms.","The terms will not take effect on November 20, 2026."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":[],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}