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Meta updated its business terms this month to allow it to use content from associated domains, web pages or URLs to develop, improve, research, train and maintain Meta products, sparking discontent among artists and small business owners who rely on Instagram and Facebook. The effective date of the terms was postponed from October 30 to November 20, and Meta subsequently removed the word "train" from the list of permitted uses, limiting the purposes to "advertising and business products." Users in the UK and EU can currently submit an objection form in the Instagram Privacy Center, and some users say they have received emails from Meta confirming that their objections were approved; these options are not displayed in the United States and other places.
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Meta updates its commercial terms to allow using user content to train AI; UK and EU users can object
Meta updated its commercial terms this month to allow it to use content from associated domains, web pages, or URLs to develop, improve, research, train, and maintain Meta products, sparking discontent among artists and small business owners who rely on Instagram and Facebook. The effective date was postponed from October 30 to November 20, and Meta subsequently removed the word "train" from the list of permitted uses and limited the uses to "advertising and business products." UK and EU users can currently submit an objection form in the Instagram Privacy Center, and some users say they have received emails from Meta confirming that their objections were approved; these options do not appear in the United States and other places.