Meta 删除可能允许其抓取新闻网站的条款
原标题:Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
AI 摘要
Meta 在遭到批评后更新了其商业条款,删除了可能被解读为允许其抓取新闻网站内容用于训练 AI 的措辞。此前 Neiman Lab 和康奈尔大学教授 James Grimmelmann 等认为该条款意在免费获取抓取内容并绕过 robots.txt。Meta 通讯副总裁 Andy Stone 和发言人 Daniel Roberts 否认抓取方式有变,并称该条款仅适用于广告和商业产品,内容所有者仍可通过 robots.txt 表达偏好。
正文节选
After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no longer appears on the commercial terms page: Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites Language that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI has been removed from Meta’s terms. … Meta may use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide,