Link Love: WTH is up with Meta?

I try to keep my introductions to Link Love pen or at least pen-adjacent but this week, I need to address the Meta-sized elephant in the room. There is a lot of panic (myself included) swirling around about Meta’s change in policies especially for anyone with a business account (that would be me) and the news that they have stated that they will be using “automated software” (AKA ai) to scrape data to improve its “products”. The statement below says they will “pull updates for such domains, web pages and URLS” that are “associated with your products and services”. Screenshot from the new Terms of Service for businesses on Meta (as of 10/26/26). This new policy was supposed to take effect on Oct. 30 but has been pushed back due to Nov. 20, 2026 due to outcries and outrage from the online community, particularly… everyone in my social media feeds. At present, there is no option to opt-out of this data scraping short of opting out entirely from Meta’s online platforms (Facebook,…