My oh my. From ABC News Australia: "Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option."
A summary:
"The company does not offer Australians an opt out option like it does in the EU, because it has not been required to do so under privacy law."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/facebook-scraping-photos-data-no-opt-out/104336170
BTW the ABC News website has links to Facebook, Instagram and X but no Fediverse profiles. So their posts are used to train #Llama
Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option
Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent.Jake Evans (ABC News)