Facebook Will Use User Posts to Train AI from June

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Overview

You can refuse Meta's data collection, but this is not really simple.

If you want to refuse, first visit Facebook's help page at the official provider.

Then, select the section that says (appears depending on the market and when AI training is applied) "I want to object to or restrict the processing of my personal information from third parties used for building and improving AI at Meta' - I want to object to or restrict the processing of my personal information by third parties used to build and improve AI at Meta.

Next, the user fills in information including country of residence, first name, last name and email address. Additionally, users must provide a screenshot proving your personal information appears in the response from one of their AI models.

If the user's objection is accepted, it will take effect in future posts, Meta said.

Collecting user content to train AI models is becoming a common practice adopted by many technology companies. Not only Meta, but OpenAI also recently cooperated with Reddit to bring user posts into ChatGPT.