Meta Delays The Terms That Let It Crawl Business Sites via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
News Source : Search Engine Journal
News Summary
- Meta has pushed back the effective date of its updated Commercial Terms and Self-Serve Ad Terms from Oct.
- The crawling permission that drew complaints from publishers and advertisers is still in both agreements.
- The European Commission and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have asked the European Commission to block Meta's terms with interim measures while they investigate.
- WAN-IFRA (World Association of News Publishers) requested that Meta temporarily stop the crawling provision for news publishers.
Meta has pushed back the effective date of its updated Commercial Terms and SelfServe Ad Terms from Oct. 30 to Nov. 20.
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