Meta will soon change its privacy policy. The American giant will soon allow the use of personal data collected by Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence. Always faithful to his purpose think sentient and truly effective AI, Mark Zuckerberg’s company continues its race for LLMs. Thanks to the millions of Internet users who use its platforms every day, it intends to accelerate the development of Meta AI, but at what cost?
Information has been shared massively in recent days. In accordance with the current regulation, Meta sent notifications to its users via its Facebook and Instagram platforms, explaining: “Now we have the legal basis of our legitimate interests to use your information to develop and improve Meta’s AI“.
What data is affected?
Specifically, from June 26, the new privacy policy of Facebook and Instagram will allow the company to recover some data for the training of its LLMs. Meta will thus be able to use the content of your publications, photos, text or videos, and their captions, but also the details of your discussions with Meta’s AI assistants via Messenger, to improve fluency and relevance of their artificial intelligence.
Rest assured, the content of private conversations you have with your loved ones will remain confidential. This kind of content is really end-to-end encryptedand will not be subject to seizure – even anonymous – by the American giant.
How to refuse the use of your data?
If this political change initiated by Meta is based on the principle of opt-out (an absence of rejection equals acceptance), the appeal exists. In Europe, the GDPR allows you to object to the use of your personal data by online services. When obliged to comply with local legislation, it must offer an exit, which allows Internet users to refuse the use of their data for purposes improve artificial intelligence.
To assert your rights, go to the official Meta website, where it is possible to access a objection form “to the use of your information by Meta AI“. It is necessary to provide your country of residence and also your email address (linked to your account), and explain briefly why the use of these data poses a problem for you.
After confirming your email address, the platform tells you that your request will be reviewed, and that if it is compliant”applicable data protection laws“in your country it will be applied”in the future“, without further details.
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