Elon Musk's X Faces Nine EU Privacy Complaints Over AI Data Use
European advocacy group noyb challenges X's use of personal data to train AI without user consent, prompting legal action in multiple countries.
- Noyb filed complaints in Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.
- The Irish Data Protection Commission initiated court action against X, leading to a temporary halt of data processing.
- X had been using personal data from over 60 million EU users for its Grok AI chatbot without explicit consent.
- Users discovered the data scraping through a default setting change in late July.
- Noyb seeks a full investigation to ensure X complies with EU GDPR regulations.