The personal data of platform users is allegedly being used by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to train artificial intelligence models, according to complaints filed in 11 European nations today by Austrian privacy campaigners None of Your Business (NYOB).
National privacy watchdogs have been urged by the privacy advocacy organisation NYOB to act quickly to halt Meta’s alterations. The eleven complaints came from Germany, Austria, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain.
Users in the UK and Europe were recently informed by Meta that, as of June 26, information that is publicly provided may be utilised for “developing and improving” its artificial intelligence technologies.
Private communications are not included in this; posts, photos, captions, comments, and Stories are all included.
The US giant Meta intends to utilise all user data, both public and private, gathered since 2007 “for any undefined type of current and future AI technology,” according to the group’s “closer inspection” of its new privacy policy.
According to Noyb, undefined AI technology is capable of ingesting personal data from any source and sharing any information with undefined “third parties” without obtaining the opt-in authorization from the user that is needed by law.
“This is clearly the opposite of GDPR compliance”, Noyb founder Max Schrems said in a statement “Meta doesn’t say what it will use the data for, so it could either be a simple chatbot, extremely aggressive personalized advertising or even a killer drone.”
Newsng understands that as a result of Meta’s policy going into effect on June 26th, NYOB has asked for an “urgency procedure” in accordance with EU data protection regulations. It asserts that the change is concerning since it affects the private information of around 4 billion Meta users.
We earlier reported that NYOB filed a formal complaint alleging that Microsoft education software which is extensively used in schools around Europe, is probably tracking students.
