Meta business terms cover linked content; UK and EU users can object
Original title: If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training
After backlash, Meta moved the effective date from October 30 to November 20 and narrowed the listed uses.
Meta updated commercial terms for business accounts so it may use content from domains, web pages or URLs connected to those accounts to develop and maintain its products. Artists and small businesses objected. UK and EU users can seek to object under GDPR and the AI Act, and some Instagram users reported approved objections through the privacy center. A US-based reporter using a VPN could see the forms but received an error saying they are only available in certain regions.
Unconfirmed: Meta had not clarified whether the objection form depends on account region or the user’s current location.
- Nieman Lab first reported the buried change to Meta’s Commercial Terms.
- Meta later removed the word “train” and limited uses to advertising and business products.
- The article says the revised terms still allow broad product development.
- Objection options did not appear when the account location was the United States.
- Vendors
- Meta
- Organizations
- European Commission
- Countries
- United Kingdom
From the original article
3 min read at 404media.co
In light of Meta's new terms that will allow it to scrape users' data for AI, people in the EU and UK have the option to "object" to certain uses of their information, for now.
By Samantha Cole · 404media.co
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