Meta's AI plans are against EU law, says Max Schrems

'This is clearly the opposite of GDPR compliance'

John Leonard
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Max Schrems of noyb. Source: noyb
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Max Schrems of noyb. Source: noyb

Meta updated its privacy policy in May, notifying millions of European users of changes that allow the company to use their personal data for undefined "AI technology" uses.

This data includes years of personal posts, images, chats with organisations (private chats are exempt) and online tracking information. Data from dormant accounts will also be hoovered up to fuel ...

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