Meta pauses change to terms of service after publishers voice concerns
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The U.S. tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram is pausing the implementation of a policy that concerned Canadian news publishers.
Home News Canada Canada Meta pauses change to terms of service after publishers voice concerns The U.S. tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram is pausing the implementation of a policy that concerned Canadian news publishers. Nov. 5, 2026 Nov. 5, 2026 1 min read Save New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard A gifted article has been claimed. Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Copy article link Email Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Whatsapp Share on BlueSky Share on Threads A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Jeff Chiu/The Associated Press Make us a preferred source on Google flag wire: true flag sponsored: false article_type: pubinfo.section: cms.site.custom.site_domain : thestar.com sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false firstAuthor.avatar : By The Canadian Press The U.S. tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram is pausing the implementation of a policy that concerned Canadian news publishers. Media companies feared the changes to Meta’s terms of services would allow websites associated with a business account to be scraped for artificial intelligence purposes. Meta spokesperson Julia Perreira says in an email that the company is pausing the changes. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW She says the pause will help the company engage with stakeholders and “take the time to get this right.” Several Canadian journalism organizations, whose content Meta has blocked from its platforms in response to the Online News Act, were worried about how their work would be impacted by the once-incoming policy. European and British publishers has similar concerns and had asked governments and regulators to step in. Some Canadian news publishers already use robots.txt to block bots from AI companies like OpenAI. A number of news outlets, including The Canadian Press, have launched lawsuits against OpenAI and Anthropic over the use of copyrighted content for training AI systems. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2026. The Canadian Press Make us a preferred source on Google Journalistic Standards About The Star More News Americas What to know about Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru 2 hrs ago United States Closing arguments expected in trial of ex-cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore 2 hrs ago United States Data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants 2 hrs ago United States Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again 2 hrs ago United States Desert icons collapse as southwestern US gets pummeled with rain and flooding 2 hrs ago United States Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them 2 hrs ago More from the Star & partners
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