US EditionPrivacy Hangs in the Balance as Meta Fires up AI Training in Europe
- Meta implemented new privacy policy changes on 27 May 2025 allowing AI training using public posts from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads in Europe.
- These changes follow Meta's announcement and raised concerns over unclear opt-out processes and data use implications for individuals and institutional accounts.
- The European Broadcasting Union is examining the legal and technical impact, particularly how business page admins may affect organisational opt-out settings.
- Meta stated users could opt out before 27 May and receive confirmation, highlighting that private messages remain excluded unless shared with AI features.
- This policy shift could influence public service media content governance and prompt coordinated guidance or engagement with Meta to address emerging ambiguities.
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NADINE ROBINSON: Time to reexamine the Online News Act
When Meta pulled Canadian news from Facebook and Instagram in response to Bill C-18 in 2023, some predicted they were bluffing — as they had during a similar standoff with Australia a couple of years earlier. But when news content disappeared that summer, Canadians were left in a vacuum. What’s replaced it is a growing tide of misinformation and AI-generated fakery dressed up to look like journalism. This needs to stop.
Should Instagram be allowed to use your photos to train AI? Every user could ask themselves that question this week. But according to editor Juurd Eijsvoogel,…
Meta Claims a 50% Reduction in 'Enforcement Errors' Since End of 2024
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta released its integrity reports on Thursday for the first quarter of 2025, claiming it reduced enforcement mistakes by 50 percent since the beginning of the Trump presidency. Enforcement mistakes include removing content from Facebook and Instagram that doesn't actually violate platform rules. The post Meta Claims a 50% Reduction in ‘Enforcement Errors’ Since End of 2024 appeared first on Breitbart.
Objection failed: Meta uses Facebook and Instagram data for AI training. Resistance planned at EU level.
Have your memories, online notes, recordings and perhaps family photos posted on social networks become teaching aids for the development of artificial intelligence? American technology giant Meta, which controls the popular applications Facebook and Instagram, has already started using publicly available content of its users, including yours, if you have published it publicly and have not explicitly, by submitting an objection, prohibited its u…
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