Something for the Weekend - time for diginomica to say ‘Zuck off!’ to Meta and its outrageous content scraping behavior
Today was marked down as the day when Meta updates its terms and conditions on its business accounts. It is also the last day that diginomica will be engaging with the firm’s platforms for new content.
Why? Because we don’t agree with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s apparent belief that he and his company should be able to access our unique content, nick it, and use it to train up its AI models on the fly. Oh - and sorry, no, you have no room to opt out of this.
It’s completely outrageous behavior - IP grand larceny in broad daylight and without a hint of shame.
In their original form, the new terms and conditions, which apply to accounts using Meta Business Suite’s account dashboard to manage Instagram profiles, Facebook pages, Messenger, and WhatsApp channels:
You authorize us (or any entity acting on our behalf) to use automated software (such as...
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