

Over 600,000 individuals, including celebrities like James McAvoy and Tom Brady, shared a false message claiming to prevent Meta from using their images for AI training. The message falsely stated that sharing it would protect users' privacy. Meta clarified that such posts do not affect privacy settings and that users can opt out of AI training through their account settings. The company emphasized that it only uses publicly available data, not private messages, and that sharing the message has no legal standing.


Over 600,000 individuals, including celebrities like James McAvoy and Tom Brady, shared a false message claiming to prevent Meta from using their images for AI training. The message falsely stated that sharing it would protect users' privacy. Meta clarified that such posts do not affect privacy settings and that users can opt out of AI training through their account settings. The company emphasized that it only uses publicly available data, not private messages, and that sharing the message has no legal standing.
•Celebrities like James McAvoy and Tom Brady participated.
•The message claimed sharing it would protect users' images from AI training.
•Meta stated that sharing the message has no effect on privacy settings.
•Users can opt out of AI training through account settings.
•Meta only uses publicly available data, not private messages.
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