Meta can use web scrapers to crawl and collect content from websites “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, according to its new commercial terms of use.
Not valid here (means, it does not really give them that permission), and they could get sued if they used such t&c here.
They seem to not mind being sued. For them it’s just a fee that they calculate into their expenses
Perhaps but it still makes the clause pointless.
They seem to not mind being sued
Oh, I didn’t mean it because of money, but the court could specifically order them to not use such clauses in T&Cs anymore.
(And then, in case of disrespecting court orders, that would hurt them financially so much that they’d think more than twice)
But until then, and until it has gone through several courts and eventually settle, they can harvest all they want
In fact, it will be lived practice by then and not really enforced. Is how they operate.
You can scrape and collect any public facing content currently.
Fuck meta.
I heard they’re releasing a new brand logo too:
The updated terms explicitly state that Meta can use the content it collects from associated websites to “train” Meta products. Elsewhere in its terms of service, the company defines “AI at Meta” as one of those products.
I would have assumed they were already doing that.
Reminds me of why I quit WhatsApp, they started requiring uploading your entire phone address book and I wasn’t willing to allow that.
GrapheneOS solves this with contact scopes, but yea just leave it uninstalled if you don’t need it
They probably were, but now it’s (questionably) legal!
You better understand the move to open source office tools when you read about Techbros and demented presidents in action.
What are their IP addresses again?
Whoever still uses meta or twitter has no one to complain to about their own fault.
Now are they talking about these companies Facebook business profiles that some companies use as their "website " or they talking about going to your actual www.incertnamehere.com allows them to scrim it?
Keep enshitifying, Meta, keep going.
Of course I can say that having mindfully avoided Meta apps for years. Some people are stuck on them because it’s what their boss uses.
Damm. Sorry dumping some rant, my work forces us to use whatsapp, so far my chat is a bunch of numbers didnt give access to contacts. Most of the time idk who is talking to me. I have two pixels with graphene os, 1 for work and my personal. And vpn always on. Also i disable the javascript in Ironfox, ublock chilling in extensions. At this rate im about to euthanize the fam network and block all meta related incoming and outgoin.
i dont use facebook or instagram BUT I have to rely on Whatsapp. My workplace uses it, my family uses it, my friends use it…etc.
