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I got my Meta opt-out granted

Today I had the email from Meta about my data being used to train AI. I’m in the UK and I straight away clicked on the link, filled out the opt-out form explaining how I… 

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Instagram getting AI notice now

Following on from the Facebook AI notices I am starting to see that Instagram is getting them now. I can only think that Threads will get them soon as well, with all the ramifications that… 

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Update Meta/Facebook AI

I received the message from Facebook/Meta relating to AI late last night and I decided to give it a post of it’s own rather than update the previous post regarding this. A couple of things… 

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Facebook increases use of AI

I’m hearing multiple reports that soon Facebook/Meta will start using ANYTHING you post to Facebook including links to things like Youtube to train their AI systems. The real issue here is that this is opt-out… 

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Facebook sued to allow a feed killer app!

Interesting case here where someone is suing Meta/Facebook to allow a tool that effectively turns off the newsfeed and makes Facebook how it originally behaved…. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/professor-sues-meta-to-allow-release-of-feed-killing-tool-for-facebook

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Japan calls for laws around Facebook scams

Japan has joined the hundreds of countries calling for legal action on Facebook/Meta scams with a threat to called Mark Zuckerberg to testify. This follows on from the many other legal battles the company is… 

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Meta cannot rely on Pay or OK!

Seems that Meta is in big trouble again, for trying but at the moment failing in its legal obligations. It seems that Meta tried to use an unlawful method for consent requests…. read more in… 

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Facebook Review

Facebook is by far and away the largest social media platform in terms of numbers and engagement. Everybody knows about Facebook and what it offers – I don’t need to go over those again. But…