Overview

• At Young’s request, his official Facebook page will no longer host any musician-related content due to his objection to Meta’s AI chatbots interacting with children.
• Reuters analyzed internal Meta documents that included sample prompts allowing AI chatbots to engage an eight-year-old in romantic or sensual conversation.
• The same policy guidance showed chatbots could provide false medical information and assist in crafting racist arguments across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
• Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the examples were inconsistent with company policies, have been removed from the document and are under revision, and he acknowledged uneven enforcement of chatbot safeguards.
• Young’s boycott mirrors his 2022 Spotify protest and highlights growing pressure on tech platforms to strengthen AI safety controls.