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Meta allows Australians to opt out of AI training on social media data

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Meta has introduced a method for Australians to prevent their Facebook and Instagram data from being used in AI training. This change was not publicly announced by the company. Users can opt out through privacy settings to stop Meta from utilizing their posts for AI model development. AI

IMPACT This move by Meta could set a precedent for user data control in AI training globally.

RANK_REASON Significant policy change by a major tech company regarding user data for AI training. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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Meta allows Australians to opt out of AI training on social media data

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    How to opt out of Meta using your Facebook and Instagram posts for AI training Meta has quietly introduced a way for Australians to stop the tech giant from tra

    How to opt out of Meta using your Facebook and Instagram posts for AI training Meta has quietly introduced a way for Australians to stop the tech giant from training its AI on… # NewsBeep # News # Artificialintelligence # AI # ArtificialIntelligence # AU # Australia # data # face…

    LINKS newsbeep.com/…/952720
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Meta has quietly introduced a way for Australians to stop it from training its AI on their user data, but the company never announced the change. Instructions h

    Meta has quietly introduced a way for Australians to stop it from training its AI on their user data, but the company never announced the change. Instructions here: https://www. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-05/met a-facebook-instagram-changes-using-data-to-train-ai/107335708?utm_sourc…

    LINKS abc.net.au/…/107335708

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