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Despite your refusal, Meta uses your data to improve its AI.

LaRedaction Posted messages 881 Registration date   Status Administrator Last intervention   -  
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Meta has reversed its stance and has decided to use the public data of its social media users, namely Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to enhance its Meta AI. This sudden turnaround raises concerns about data privacy, although European users have until May 27 to express their objection to this data collection. Nevertheless, some cases may escape this opposition. What do you think? Is this an intrusion into our privacy or a necessity to improve AI?
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    HelpiOS Posted messages 8473 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 958
     

    Hello,

    For those who wish to object to the use of their data to train Meta's AI, here are the forms. You must be logged into your account to access them (for Facebook and Instagram).

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583

    Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182

    WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/contact/forms/382532939919295/ (thanks to Radinoz) - also see this discussion for updates.

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    1. Radinoz Posted messages 7358 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 171
       

      Thank you for the URLs ;)

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      1. HelpiOS Posted messages 8473 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 958 > Radinoz Posted messages 7358 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
         

        You're welcome!

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    2. Saispas95 Posted messages 10 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
       

      Thank you. I clicked on the link and I arrived at Meta AI. Then, I did not see a form to fill out to prevent Facebook from using my data. What should I do once I reach this stage?

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      1. Radinoz Posted messages 7358 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 171 > Saispas95 Posted messages 10 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        You click on the links, you log in, then you land on a page that explains you can refuse, etc. And at the bottom, there is a section where you must indicate the email address linked to your account, then another where you express your refusal (in your own words) and you send it.

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  2. 26MKG25 Posted messages 22 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4
     

    I'm not really surprised, to be honest. There have already been quite a few Meta scandals regarding data protection. Now the question remains: what can we do other than click the "reject" button and hope they won't do anything compromising behind our backs?

    I have long wanted to stop using Meta services, but I always come back. We need a new internet giant to dethrone them. But it's better not to delude ourselves, as they will all do the same thing in the end.

    I agree with what @brucine said above, the user is the product.

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  3. SODANO
     

    Who still believes that the Gafam respect the wishes of their users? Too much money at stake.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25231 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 181
       

      Who still believes that Facebook is useful?

      No one is forcing us to use it, but the saying goes that when it’s free, you’re the product, and somewhere, these sites need to survive on something, be it advertising or data collection...

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  4. Picchu
     

    Hello

    What to do if you accepted by mistake?

    Thank you

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    1. picchu
       

      Hello

      In fact, I received a message from Facebook the next day and I was able to refuse Meta's use of my data.

      Have a nice day

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  6. VoyageurCurieux47 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Personally, I live abroad for work (currently in Berlin) and I decided to completely deactivate my IG account last year. Not because of AI, but more because the algorithm was no longer useful to me. But it's true that the AI question adds another layer, especially since in Europe we were supposed to be protected by the GDPR.

    The objection form works if you are an EU resident, but honestly, I have little trust that it will be respected retroactively for data posted before 2024. Meta has already used this data to train Llama 2, and it’s hard to make a model forget. At least for future data, it's clearer.

    Practically speaking, if you want to continue posting without abandoning everything: switching to a private account limits access for other users but doesn’t block Meta itself, so it doesn’t change anything about internal scraping. The only real way = stop posting, or switch to a federated alternative like Pixelfed.

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  7. LievreChaleureux56 Posted messages 1 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Yes, intrusion into privacy, of course. It is only when there exists a reliable and powerful competitor that respects users' confidentiality that there will be progress in this area.

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