Meta Admits Using Public Facebook and Instagram Data for AI Training

Meta's global privacy director confirms that only EU users can opt out due to strict data privacy regulations.

Meta has been using public posts and photos from Facebook and Instagram to train its AI models since 2007.
Users in the EU can opt out of this data usage, but there is no such option for users in the US, Australia, or other regions.
Meta's global privacy director, Melinda Claybaugh, confirmed this practice during a government inquiry in Australia.
Setting posts to 'private' prevents future data scraping, but does not delete data already collected.
Meta's approach to AI training underscores the need for stronger data privacy regulations to protect user information.