Published 09/12/2024 3:43:00 a.m.

Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option

Meta admitted that Australian users cannot opt out of their data being used to train AI, unlike users in the European Union, as reported by The Guardian.
Senator Tony Sheldon questioned why Australians lack the opt-out option available to Europeans during a Senate inquiry.
Meta's global privacy director confirmed that Australian users would not receive an AI opt-out option, which was criticized by Senator Sheldon.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Meta AI: Australian users can’t opt out of data retention, company admits

Senators are calling for stronger privacy laws to give Facebook users the ability to block the company from using their posts to train its AI models, as users can in the EU.

09/11/2024 1:39:32 a.m.·Sydney, Australia

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ABC Australia

Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent.

09/10/2024 11:11:32 p.m.·Australia

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Otago Daily Times

Meta admits scraping Aussie data to train AI tools

Photos and posts Australians have shared on Facebook and Instagram dating back to 2007 are being used to train Meta's generative AI tools.

09/11/2024 4:31:16 a.m.

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The Epoch Times

Meta Probed for Collecting Australians’ Public Data Since 2007 to Train AI Model

An Australian Senate committee has questioned tech giant Meta about the ethics of its decision to use Australians’ photos to train artificial intelligence (AI) without the users’ knowledge. Labor Senator Tony Sheldon, chairman of the Select Committee on Adopting AI, asked Meta’s representatives about whether the company used Australian Instagram and Facebook posts as far back as 2007 to train its AI model, as reported by the media in June 2024. …

09/12/2024 5:50:32 a.m.·New York, United States

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Anadolu Ajansı

Facebook admits scraping Australian user data for AI without opt-out option

Social media giant does not provide Australians with opt-out option as it does for EU users, since privacy laws in Australia do not mandate it - Anadolu Ajansı

09/11/2024 4:31:16 a.m.

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