Meta indefinitely delays controversial terms of service that would let it scrape business users' sites
Meta pulled the preview link to proposed commercial terms as UK publishers accused it of holding them over a barrel.
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- PressgazetteMeta ‘holding publishers over a barrel’, says News Media Association chief
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- Inc.comMeta Keeps Changing Its Most Controversial Policy. It Still Hasn’t Fixed The Worst Part
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- AOL.comMeta Weighs Delaying 'Alarming' New Business Terms As Backlash Grows
- Tech TimesMeta Delays Controversial Website Scraping Terms Again as Publishers Demand Stronger Content Protections
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- NiemanlabMeta pulls down controversial terms of service