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What changes will Meta make to its data scraping policy for Australian users by December 31, 2024?
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Policy remains unchanged • 25%
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Policy revised to limit data scraping • 25%
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Meta Admits to Scraping Australian Users' Data for AI Training Since 2007
Sep 11, 2024, 11:44 AM
Facebook has admitted to scraping the public data of all Australian adult users, including photos and posts, to train its AI models. Unlike European users, Australians do not have an opt-out option due to local privacy laws. Meta has been collecting public Facebook and Instagram posts since 2007 for AI training purposes.
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Issue an apology • 25%
Introduce new privacy controls • 25%
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