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Meta said it may push the rollout of its updated ads and business terms past the current November 20 deadline after publishers and lawmakers raised concerns that the changes could allow Meta to use news content to train AI. Communications head Andy Stone said the company will consult industry groups and keep existing terms in place while discussions continue.
Google introduced AI Overviews in 2024 and an AI Mode in May 2025 that place AI-generated summaries at the top of Search; multiple analyses and publisher reports indicate these features have reduced click-throughs and search-driven traffic to many news sites. Trade groups, analytics firms, and outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Digital Content Next report notable traffic declines, while Google maintains the web is still thriving; publishers have pursued legal action and shifted strategies toward subscriptions and social distribution.
Meta has pushed the enforcement date for its updated business terms from October 30 to November 20 after global publishers raised concerns the terms could permit scraping news sites for AI training. Meta says the delay will allow it to better explain how it uses web crawlers, the role of robots.txt, and what is and isn’t changing, after groups including the News/Media Alliance and EU/UK publishers pushed back.
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