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Issued ICO statement in response to Meta's announcement on user data to train AI

On 13 September 2024, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a statement in response to Meta's plans to resume using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK to train its generative AI models. This comes a…

Scope

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

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2024-09-13
adopted

On 13 September 2024, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a statement in respon…