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Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-25): The message, which was reportedly shared by more than 500,000 users, including actor Julianne Moore, started off with the words, "Goodbye Meta AI." [...] "If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos." [...] "Does posting a statement ensure that users of Meta services will not have their data used in Meta’s artificial intelligence training? No, that’s not true: Posting the viral statement, or any other statement, doesn’t mean that Meta will not use that data for AI training, but users in Europe can object via a form in their account settings," Lead Stories said on its official website.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Hundreds of thousands of people have fallen for a hoax that claims to deny Meta the right to use their photos for training the company’s AI. [...] "Does posting a statement ensure that users of Meta services will not have their data used in Meta’s artificial intelligence training? No, that’s not true," Lead Stories says. [...] Back in February, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made clear that he is using images posted on Facebook and Instagram to train the company’s generative AI tools with.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-10-03): Back in June, Meta was forced to pause its plans to use Europeans’ data for AI training after objections from European Union and U.K. regulators. The watchdogs were unhappy that people were being asked to opt-out, rather than affirmatively agree, to this new use of their data. Meta has said it’s relying on a legal provision within the GDPR called "legitimate interests" (LI) — which it suggests justifies not obtaining people’s consent first. But its use of the same legal basis for processing personal data for its micro-targeted advertising business was struck down by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a July 2023 ruling. Privacy experts argue LI is similarly inappropriate for Meta to grab people’s data for training AIs. [...] The overriding issue also hasn’t changed: Meta is only offering users an opt-out, rather than giving them a free choice over use of their data for AI training. If it did that, users would need to affirmatively "opt in" before it could use their information and that’s still not the case here. Unless the user objects, Meta will be using their information to train its AI — assuming it does honor the objection.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-14): If you’re uncomfortable with having Meta use your personal information and intellectual property to train its AI models in perpetuity, consider opting out. Although Meta does not guarantee it will allow this, it does say it will "review objection requests in accordance with relevant data protection laws." [...] Users in the US or other countries without national data privacy laws don’t have any foolproof ways to prevent Meta from using their data to train AI, which has likely already been used for such purposes. Meta does not have an opt-out feature for people living in these places. A spokesperson for Meta says it does not use the content of people’s private messages to each other to train AI. However, public social media posts are seen as fair game and can be hoovered up into AI training data sets by anyone. Users who don’t want that can set their account settings to private to minimize the risk.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2023-09-08): It isn’t new for tech companies to use your data to train AI products. Netflix uses what you watch and rate to generate recommendations. Meta uses what you like, comment on and even spend time looking to train its AI how to order your news feed and show you ads. [...] Meta told me it didn’t train its biggest generative AI model, called Llama 2, on user data — public or private. However, for the AI chatbots and image generator features the company unveiled in late September, Meta did use "publicly shared posts from Instagram and Facebook — including photos and text." The company said it didn’t train them on private posts or private messages with friends, which is good. But shouldn’t it ask permission to use data from "public" posts that surely includes many photos and details about people’s families and private lives? To avoid that, you’d have to have set your account to private, or quit Instagram. Like Google, Meta also claims the right to use whatever you share when you’re using its new generative AI products – like your conversations with its chatbot – to train its AI.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-03): While Meta makes it clear in its privacy policy that it uses posts -- including your photos -- to train its AI models, that privacy policy isn't especially easy to find, and while people in Europe can opt out, those of you in the US will have your posts used for AI training, whether you like it or not. [...] At the moment, no. Visiting the same privacy policy page doesn't show the same additional box around AI or provide links to an opt-out form, and Meta confirmed that there isn't an option for users outside of Europe to stop their posts and photos being used to train its AI models. "We don't currently offer a feature for people to opt-out of their information from our products and services being used to train our AI models," Meta told me, while acknowledging that European users are able to opt out as per GDPR policy.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-12): More than 130,000 Instagram users have reshared messages on Instagram, stating that they do not consent to the use of their data to train AI. However, upon having consented once, these creators have already sold their souls to the "META-physical" devil. This indignation that the artists felt after Meta released its statement on its intellectual property rights, was ricocheted last year by a group of professional visual artists. As reported by Pop Sugar, illustrators such as Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz had sued Stability, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over claims that AI models had been using their copyright-protected work, to train themselves, without so much so as asking for consent. Although they are yet to receive a verdict on their case, it would hardly affect the artists who have felt betrayed by Meta, because, unlike the above artists who could claim AI companies had illegally scrapped their copyrighted work, Meta leaves you no choice but to consent to get original work mined. Although users were alerted by a small pop-up in their app, it is infuriatingly impossible to opt out of the AI training, unless the user is from the European Union – where privacy and security are the two sacrosanct safeguarded human rights.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2023-08-30): Meta updated the Facebook help center resource section on its website this week to include a form titled "Generative AI Data Subject Rights," which allows users to "submit requests related to your third party information being used for generative AI model training." The company is adding the opt-out tool as generative AI technology is taking off across tech, with companies creating more advanced chatbots and turning simple text into sophisticated answers and images. Meta is giving people the option to access, alter or delete any personal data that was included in the various third-party data sources the company uses to train its large language and related AI models. On the form, Meta refers to third-party information as data "that is publicly available on the internet or licensed sources." This kind of information, the company says, can represent some of the "billions of pieces of data" used to train generative AI models that "use predictions and patterns to create new content."
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-05-24): Yes, Meta (FB, Instagram etc.) are automatically opting in everyone in an area receiving this annoucement to having their private data collected and used to train their AI software, and you have to manually object to opt out. And, of course, they make that look daunting enough to discourage people from doing it by telling you to fill in a impact statement on how them using your data in this way will negatively affect you. Very sneaky. [...] "The use of my data infringes upon my rights under the UK's Data Protection Act 2018. I do not give consent for my data to be used for any form of AI training, development, improvement or a more personalised experience. I do not give consent for my data to be used for any other form of training, development, improvement or a more personalised experience in any Meta product or technology. I have the right to keep my data private as per the UK's implementation of GDPR." [...] "The use of my data infringes on my rights as a (French/German/Dutch/etc.) resident and EU citizen. I do not consent to my data being used for AI training, development, improvement or a more personalised experience. I do not give consent for my data to be used for any other form of training, development, improvement or a more personalised experience in any Meta product or technology. I have the right to keep my data private as per the European GDPR law."
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-04-10): However, as the lawsuits and investigations around generative AI and its opaque data practices pile up, there have been small moves to give people more control over what happens to what they post online. Some companies now let individuals and business customers opt out of having their content used in AI training or being sold for training purposes. Here’s what you can—and can’t—do. [...] Mireshghallah explains that companies can make it complicated to opt out of having data used for AI training, and even where it is possible, many people don’t have a "clear idea" about the permissions they’ve agreed to or how data is being used. That’s before various laws, such as copyright protections and Europe’s strong privacy laws, are taken into consideration. Facebook, Google, X, and other companies have written into their privacy policies that they may use your data to train AI. [...] Tumblr has a "prevent third-party sharing" option to stop what you publish being used for AI training, as well as being shared with other third parties such as researchers. If you’re using the Tumblr app, go to account Settings, select your blog, click on the gear icon, select Visibility, and toggle the "Prevent third-party sharing" option. Explicit posts, deleted blogs, and those that are password-protected or private, are not shared with third-party companies in any case, Tumblr’s support pages say.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-04): It became clear earlier this year that Meta is ‘training’ its AI models using photos, posts and comments from users, after users in Europe were sent a message about an update to the privacy policy. [...] The company says that publicly available information from the internet is used to train models, along with what the company describes as "information shared on Meta’s Products and services. This information could be things like posts or photos and their captions. We do not use the content of your private messages with friends and family to train our AIs." [...] Tech companies including Meta, OpenAI and Alphabet's have been criticised for using information scraped from the internet without permission to train their AI models.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-05-30): A new message appeared for European users of Instagram and Facebook mobile applications this month, informing them that their public posts could be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) from June 26. [...] Parent company Meta said in a statement last week that they would begin notifying people in the UK and EU about how they will use "public information they have shared on Meta's products and services to develop and improve AI at Meta within their respective privacy laws". [...] Meta has said it is investing "aggressively" to support AI research and product development efforts, according to a press release from last month.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-06): Plans to use peoples' public posts and images on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools belonging to parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. [...] "If Meta wants to use your data, they have to ask for your permission. Instead, they make users beg to be excluded," he added. [...] But even if you do not have a Meta account, or successfully object, the company says it may still use some information about you for its AI products - such as if you appear in an image shared publicly by someone else on Facebook or Instagram.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Posting No-Consent Message Cannot Prevent Meta From Using Your Content for AI Training [...] Upon our fact-checking, along with information from Meta, confirms that user posts on Meta platforms cannot stop Meta from utilizing their content for AI training. To prevent their data from being used in this way, users must adhere to the procedures set by Meta. Spreading misleading chain messages can result in the dissemination of misinformation and cause confusion. Title:Posting No-Consent Message Cannot Prevent Meta From Using Your Content for AI Training
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-18): In late May and early June 2024, a disclaimer was spread on social media, allegedly preventing Meta from using users' content for training its Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. This copypasta, a copied-and-pasted text often used to pass along an alleged warning of some sort, went viral in the light of European Facebook and Instagram users receiving a notification about a privacy policy update that would give Meta permission to use their posts to train its AIs. [...] I own the copyright to all images and posts submitted to my Instagram profile and therefore DO NOT consent to Meta or other companies using them to train generative Al platforms. This includes all FUTURE and PAST posts/stories on my profile. #noaiart #illustration #artistsoninstagram "No further posts from me until meta decides to stop using all our posts to train their ai. If you are unaware please look into the situation. So long for now!," another Instagram user wrote. The copypasta was even shared by a renowned tennis player, Rafael Nadal. "More than 250 thousand users shared a message on their IG stories refusing to use their posts to train Meta's AI," the fact-checking organization Maldita reported. [...] "Meta doesn't have an 'opt-out feature' for users who don't want the company to use their content for its AI training," Meta's spokesperson confirmed to WCNC VERIFY.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-09): And tennis star Rafael Nadal isn’t the only one posting these types of "opt out" posts, trying to stop Meta from using their content to train its A.I. models with hundreds of thousands of similar posts appearing online over the past week. [...] So yes, Meta can use, and is using your public posts to train its evolving A.I. systems. [...] Other than that, no, you can’t stop Meta using your content to train its A.I. models, unless you delete your content, or mark everything as private or friends only. And that only works from now on, you can’t do this retrospectively.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-07-11): If you are looking for information on how to deny consent to AI at Meta and exercise your right to object, this is it. [...] That's why I believe everyone should deny consent to AI at Meta, not just me, you, and your hush puppy. Everyone. [...] Here is the exact text I used to fill out the form and deny consent to AI at Meta. I received confirmation within 5 minutes: "We’ve reviewed your request and will honor your objection. This means your request will be applied going forward". So this works, which is why I confidently share it with you.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-05): Meta, the Mark Zuckerberg-owned tech giant behind Instagram, surprised many of the app’s estimated 1.2 billion global users with a shock revelation last month. Images, including original artwork and other creative assets uploaded to the company’s platforms, are now being used to train the company’s AI image generator. That admission, initially made public by Meta executive Chris Cox during an interview with Bloomberg last month, has elicited a fierce backlash from some creators. As of writing, more than 130,000 Instagram users have reshared a message on Instagram telling the company they do not consent to it using their data to train Meta AI. Those pleas, however, are founded on a fundamental misunderstanding of creators’ relationship with extractive social media platforms. These creators already gave away their work, whether they realize it or not. [...] "I own the copyright to all images and posts submitted to my Instagram profile and therefore do not consent to Meta or other companies using them to train generative AI platforms. This includes all future AND past posts @Instagram get rid of the Ai program." [...] Creators on Meta platforms aren’t happy about the company’s seemingly newfound interest in using their accounts as AI fodder. In addition to the posts above, some users’ creators have even gone a step further and threatened to leave the platform entirely if the company continues on its current path. And while users can’t really revoke the consent they gave Meta when signing up for the platform, some users nonetheless defended the creator backlash as a way of collectively voicing frustrations.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-19): What’s worse is that Meta AI needs a substantial amount of training data to function effectively. Most of this data comes from your Facebook and Instagram posts. Even if you don’t post content yourself, Meta can still use photos and captions if others publish them. This data usage applies to all publicly shared posts and does not include private messages. Many social media users are unhappy about Meta’s move to use their personal information and intellectual property for AI training. Yes and no. At this moment, it depends on where you live. Numerous TikTok videos now provide instructions on how to opt out of Meta’s data scraping. One video with over 4 million views explains how Meta will use public photos and posts to train its AI and that opting out is somewhat tricky. [...] A June 7th article in The New York Times reported that US users, where privacy regulations are less strict than in Europe, have already had their public posts used for AI training by Meta. The exact timeline of when Meta started scraping data from US users is unclear. Even though there is no straightforward path on how to stop Meta’s feast on your data, here are some steps you can take:
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-27): Following a wave of outrage, Meta issued an official statement to EU residents. However, this seemed to generate more questions than answers. There was no press release explicitly stating, "As of this date, Meta AI will use your data for training". Instead, a new page titled Generative AI at Meta appeared, detailing what data the company plans to use to develop artificial intelligence, and how. Again, with no specific dates. [...] According to company representatives — no, Meta AI won’t be reading your private messages. Chief Product Officer Chris Cox made clear that only public user photos posted on Facebook and Instagram would be used for AI training. "We don’t train on private stuff", Cox is on the record as saying. [...] Sadly, there’s no nicely labeled "I prohibit the use of my data to train Meta AI" button; instead, the opt-out mechanism is rather complicated. Users are required to fill out a lengthy form on Facebook or Instagram providing a detailed reason for opting out. This form is hidden within the maze of privacy settings for EU residents: Menu → Settings and privacy → Settings → Security policy. Alternatively, you can find it on the new Meta Privacy Center page, under Privacy and Generative AI.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-05-30): Meta's AI models are trained on your posts. But there are ways to limit what you share. [...] UK and EU based users have a "right to object," meaning they can opt out of sharing their data to train Meta's AI models. That said, it's a tedious process that seems deliberately difficult to navigate. "I'm legit shocked by the design of @Meta's new notification informing us they want to use the content we post to train their AI models," said X user Tantacrul who detailed the many steps required. "It's intentionally designed to be highly awkward in order to minimise the number of users who will object to it." [...] That said, it's unclear how that impacts data used to train Meta's AI models. Meta's privacy settings are largely related to sharing with third parties, which doesn't address how Meta uses your data internally. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a good start to reclaiming your privacy. We've reached out to Meta for further clarification and will update this story if we received a response.
Claim: Letter On Sajith’s Participation In ITN`s Debate With Anura !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-06)
Evidence (2024-06-06): The letter circulating on social media, claiming that opposition leader Sajith Premadasa is ready to attend a debate with Anura Kumara Dissanayake on June 6, is fake. This has been confirmed SJB media secretary, and corroborated by an official letter from MP Nalin Bandara to ITN's chairman.
Claim: Letter On Sajith’s Participation In ITN`s Debate With Anura !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-06)
Evidence (2024-06-06): Circulating Letter on Sajith's Participation in Debate with Anura Is Fake [...] The letter circulating on social media, claiming that opposition leader Sajith Premadasa is ready to attend a debate with Anura Kumara Dissanayake on June 6, is fake. This has been confirmed SJB media secretary, and corroborated by an official letter from MP Nalin Bandara to ITN's chairman. Title:Circulating Letter on Sajith's Participation in Debate with Anura Is Fake