A German consumer rights organization, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, has been unsuccessful in its attempt to secure a court injunction preventing Meta Platforms from utilizing Facebook and Instagram user posts to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The Cologne court ruled against the injunction, allowing Meta to proceed with its plans within the European Union .(Reuters)
Meta announced its intention to use public posts from adult users across its platforms, along with data from user interactions with AI, to train its models. The company stated that EU users would be notified of this data usage and offered the ability to opt out .(Reuters)
Consumer advocates argue that this approach violates the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires informed, opt-in consent for such uses. They contend that users should not have to actively object to prevent their data from being used for AI training .(cadeproject.org, German News in Russian)
Despite the court’s decision, the debate over data privacy and AI training continues, with consumer groups considering further legal actions to address their concerns.
