If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training
This highlights the ongoing tension between tech giants seeking training data and user privacy rights, as well as the growing regulatory divide between Europe and the US over AI data scraping.
Reported by 404 Media ·
What happened
Meta updated its commercial terms of use to permit scraping and using content from connected business websites to develop its products, sparking backlash from artists and small businesses. Users in the UK and EU can opt out of having their data used for Meta AI via privacy settings due to GDPR and the AI Act, an option unavailable to US users.
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- Meta
- Meta AI
- Roblox
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404 Media
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