Objecting to meta AI
May 22, 2024 1:36 PM   Subscribe

Facebook tells me it will now absorb my posts to feed its AI, but that I can object. Does anyone here have good suggestions on how to answer the impact questions inside.

By good suggestions I mean, for example, based in an understanding of what types of objection they must honour. I am for example in an EU country covered by GDPR. Their claim is based on “legitimate interest”.
posted by Iteki to Computers & Internet (6 answers total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 


Best answer: I posted the following incantation in the objection/impact box:
The use of my data infringes upon my rights under the UK's Data Protection Act 2018. I do not give consent for my data to be used for any form of AI training or development for any Meta product or technology. I have the right to keep my data private as per the UK's implementation of GDPR.

And this in the further information box:
Should my objection request not be accepted, I will discontinue my use of all Meta products indefinitely.

I got a verification email with a code a few seconds later, and a few minutes after that I got the following confirmation:
We’ve reviewed your request and will honor your objection. This means your request will be applied going forward.

I don't actually trust them to honour it for a second, but it's probably the best we're going to get...

Feel free to use that wording (you can probably just put "my country's GDPR laws" instead of my UK law reference).
posted by tomsk at 1:10 AM on May 23 [3 favorites]


Best answer: I followed this guy on Mastodon's text and wrote:

The use of my data infringes on my rights as a Dutch resident and EU citizen. I do not consent to my data being used for AI training, development, improvement or a more personalised experience. I have the right to keep my data private as per the European GPDR law.

and I received a response a few seconds later that my request was approved.
posted by vacapinta at 1:54 AM on May 23 [1 favorite]


Best answer: Friend of mine pointed out: ‘They already admitted that you have the right to object to it; they can't withhold that right from you based on how eloquently you ask for it.

(Plus they appear to be approving requests so fast it's probably automatic anyway)’
posted by lokta at 6:32 AM on May 23 [1 favorite]


For the record: under GDPR you don't have to ask for permission if it actually is "legitimate interest".

So this, and every other time you see that phrase, they're lying. (The entire "legitimate interest" nonsense with cookie consents has already been ruled unlawful on its face by more than one EU jurisdiction, we're just waiting on the perma-shite Irish DPC to catch up.)
posted by genghis at 8:32 AM on May 25


Thread on Xitter describes one user's step-by-step effort to remove his content from Meta's AI training.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 6:21 AM on June 1


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