Meta faces row over plan to use European data for AI


A filepic of Schrems. He said in a statement that 'Meta's absurd claims that stealing everyone's (personal) data is necessary for AI training is laughable'. — Reuters

VIENNA: A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said on May 14 it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, after the tech giant announced plans to train its artificial intelligence models with European users' personal data.

The move comes after Meta said last month it would push ahead with plans to use personal data from European users of its Instagram and Facebook platforms for AI technology training from May 27, despite criticism over its legality.

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