Meta AI Updates: October 18, 2026

1. Meta Drops the Crawling Clause From Its Pending Commercial Terms

Meta. Following criticism from publishers and legal experts, Meta removed language from its updated commercial terms, due to take effect October 30, that said it could “use any content from [a business account’s] domains, web pages, or URLs.” Meta said the crawling terms “only applied to our ads and business products” and that the change “does not change how Meta uses web crawlers.” News publishers had warned the clause could let Meta train AI on their sites without paying licensing fees. Source