Ireland: Issued Data Protection Commission statement following Meta’s decision to stop using users' photos and posts for AI services training and development

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Issued Data Protection Commission statement following Meta’s decision to stop using users' photos and posts for AI services training and development

On 14 June 2024, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that following the dialogue with Meta, the company decided to pause its plans to train its large language model using public content from adults on Facebook and Instagram across the Eur…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2024-06-14
under investigation

On 14 June 2024, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that following the dialogue with Me…

2025-05-21
under investigation

On 21 May 2025, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a statement regarding Meta AI’s process…