Blackburn says Meta must withdraw its content permissions
Marsha BlackburnU.S. senator from Tennessee
Blackburn argues that the terms compel creators and businesses to surrender content rights. She says removing explicit training language fails to resolve the concern and demands withdrawal.
“American businesses should not have to give Big Tech unrestricted access to their intellectual property simply because they use Facebook or Instagram to reach customers.”
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Meta defends commercial scraping terms; Grimmelmann calls them overbroad
Meta's proposed commercial terms authorize collection from websites connected to business users and training uses of that content. Meta says the update consolidates existing terms without changing its crawling practices. James Grimmelmann and other legal experts question the breadth of the permission.
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Blackburn criticizes compulsory content permissions even after Meta removed explicit training language.
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Blackburn's office announced her letter to Mark Zuckerberg on October 23.
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Her objections address proposed terms; they are not findings of a court or regulator.
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Relative to Meta's proposed terms, Blackburn condemns compulsory content permissions and demands their withdrawal.
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