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Will the Australian government introduce new privacy laws in response to Meta's data scraping by June 30, 2025?
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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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Comprehensive data protection law • 25%
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