Meta Adds, Then Removes, an AI-Crawling Clause From Its Business Terms
Meta added a clause to its business terms that legal experts read as permission to scrape news sites for AI training, then removed it in October 2026.
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8 storiesLatest: Nov 2, 2026
Reddit Will Test a Logged-In Experience Outside the US as Search Referrals Fall
Reddit will test a mostly logged-in experience in select markets outside the US in Q4 2026, after search referrals fell by over a million a week in October.
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Meta's Oversight Board Orders Deepfakes Removed and Calls Its Safeguards Inadequate
Meta's Oversight Board ordered Facebook to remove two AI-generated deepfake videos and called the platform's deepfake safeguards inadequate, in two new rulings.
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Meta One Puts AI and Creator Tools Behind a Monthly Subscription
Meta launched Meta One, a subscription service spanning Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Meta AI, with plans from $2.99 to $499 a month.
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Portuguese Group D3 Sues Meta, TikTok and YouTube Over ‘Addictive Design’
Portugal’s D3 has filed four collective actions in Lisbon against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, alleging their design is deliberately addictive.
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Instagram’s Mosseri Says an Algorithm-Free Feed Is ‘Much Worse’ as Australia Moves to Regulate
Instagram’s Adam Mosseri says a chronological feed is ‘much worse’ for users, as Australia moves to require an algorithm opt-out and White House pushes back.
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The Week in Tech: YouTube Rewrites the View, Europe's Chips Get Closer
YouTube redefined the view, a $700 million settlement closed the Google Play case, TSMC readied its first angstrom node, and Stripe bought the AI meter.
By TPW Editorial18 min read
YouTube Now Counts a View at the First Frame. That Changes What the Number Means.
Starting August 24, YouTube counts a view the moment playback begins across every format. The old watch-time metric survives as Engaged views.
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