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Meta

Wider Tech21 Oct 2026

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal

TechCrunch

Wider Tech21 Oct 2026

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties over the Cambridge Analytica scandal

The Verge

Wider Tech20 Oct 2026

Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash

Ars Technica

Meta −60 AI Training −40 AI Crawlers −40

Wider Tech20 Oct 2026

Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs

Ars Technica

Meta −80 AI Training −40

Wider Tech20 Oct 2026

Personal AI agents raise new questions for site owners

Search Engine Journal · Ars Technica

Meta +10 Meta Muse +10 OpenAI +10 OpenAI Dots +10 Shopify +20 AI agents 0 SEO −10

Wider Tech17 Oct 2026

Meta removes language that stirred scraping and AI training fears

TechCrunch

Meta +10 AI Training −10

Wider Tech4 Oct 2026

Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?

TechCrunch

AI 0 Anthropic +10 Meta 0 Microsoft 0

Wider Tech3 Oct 2026

Meta gives away Muse code for gadget makers

TechCrunch

Meta +60 AI +30

Wider Tech2 Oct 2026

Shopify enrolls stores in new AI shopping channels

Search Engine Journal

Shopify +30 Meta +30 AI +30

Agency Land2 Oct 2026

AI This Week: Agents Take the Next Step

Trew Knowledge

OpenAI +30 Meta +20 Automattic +30 Shopify +40 Google +10 AI 0

Wider Tech27 Sept 2026

Meta's Muse steals the AI spotlight, but trust is the question

TechCrunch

Meta −10 AI +10

Wider Tech22 Sept 2026

Meta admits its Muse assistant was heavily inspired by OpenClaw

TechCrunch

Meta +20 AI +30

Agency Land4 Sept 2026

Parse.ly opens analytics to AI assistants through MCP

Trew Knowledge

AI +40 Meta +40