Elon Musk’s X faces privacy complaints in Europe over data use


Nyob has requested an ‘urgency procedure’ against Musk’s X that allows data protection authorities in the eight European countries to act. — AP

VIENNA: A Vienna-based privacy campaign group lodged complaints in eight European countries against Elon Musk’s X on Aug 12 over "unlawfully" feeding the personal data of users into its artificial intelligence technology without their consent.

The complaints filed by the European Center for Digital Rights – also known as Noyb ("None of Your Business") – come after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) earlier this month took court action against X over its data collection practices to train its AI.

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