Publisher groups challenge Meta scraping terms ahead of Oct. 30 deadline
News/Media Alliance, WAN-IFRA and European publishing groups are pressing Meta to withdraw or reconsider its revised commercial terms.
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Publishers, advertisers ask EU and U.K. regulators to suspend Meta terms
The Movement for an Open Web wants regulators to pause Meta’s new commercial terms before they take effect Oct. 30.
Publishers face Oct. 30 deadline over Meta’s updated crawling terms
Campaigners are urging publishers to review Meta’s new commercial terms before they take effect Oct. 30.
Meta’s new business terms could allow news-site scraping for AI training
Meta’s updated commercial terms could give the company a new argument for scraping websites tied to business accounts, legal experts say.
AI agent traffic surges as security systems struggle to detect impostors
New reports show automated web traffic rising sharply as malicious bots impersonate AI assistants and expose security gaps.
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Chatbots: A ‘truth oracle’?
Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan said chatbots could become a default source for facts within a decade, though the shift is not inevitable.
AI tool Arbiter tracks emerging disinformation
Arbiter, an AI tool from nonprofit SimPPL, is being tested to track emerging disinformation narratives.
EU makes AI labels mandatory on authentic-looking images, audio and text
Starting August 2, companies must mark synthetic content designed to look real with visible AI labels and digital watermarks or face fines.
Meta licenses Newsmax journalism for AI search across Facebook and Instagram
Meta’s Newsmax license gives its AI search and discovery tools access to current and archived news content across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta now drives most AI agent traffic while sending publishers few visitors
DataDome logged 17.7 billion AI agent requests in Q2 2026, with Meta's crawlers generating most of the volume and almost no referral traffic back to sites.