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Meta Rebuts Lawsuit Over Porn Downloads, Says Activity Was Personal Use, Not AI Training

A new court filing argues the few dozen torrents tied to Meta IPs each year lack the scale or coordination typical of model-training datasets.

Overview

  • Meta told the court the flagged activity averaged about 22 downloads per year and consisted of a few dozen titles obtained intermittently one file at a time.
  • Company lawyers said Strike 3 failed to identify any individuals behind the downloads or show that any files were used to train a specific Meta model.
  • Meta argued the traffic cannot be reliably tied to employees because its networks are used by contractors, visitors, vendors, and other third parties.
  • The filing disputes an allegation involving a contractor, noting he was an automation engineer and asserting the downloads appear to be personal consumption with no facts linking them to Meta’s AI work.
  • The litigation remains active as both sides contest attribution and whether the cited downloads relate to any AI training.