# Meta pushes new business terms rollout to November 20

> After publisher backlash, Meta delays its updated terms that could let it scrape news sites for AI training.

Oossa · 2026-10-23 · https://oossa.com/en/meta-pushes-new-business-terms-rollout-to-november-20

Meta announced it will not enforce its revised business terms on October 30 as planned. The rollout is now set for November 20, 2026. Publishers said the terms might let Meta scrape their sites to train AI models, and they asked the company to change the language. Meta says the delay will give it time to explain how its web crawlers work and remind sites they can use a robots.txt file to block scraping.

## The facts

- Enforcement date moved to 2026-11-20 – “The terms will go into effect on November 20th”.
- Original rollout date was 2026-10-30.

## Why it matters

Publishers gain extra weeks to negotiate safeguards before Meta could use their content for AI training.

## Sources & references

1. [Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017450/meta-business-terms-delayed-ai-scraping) – The Verge, 2026-10-23

Last updated: 2026-10-23