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Meta AI: How Facebook & Instagram Data Powers AI Training

Meta is training AI using your data
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Arthur
24.04.2025

What happens when a tech giant like Meta uses billions of pieces of user data for its AI, without clear consent?

While many marvel at the advances in artificial intelligence (AI), Meta's latest move toward “AI everywhere” raises a key question: How secure is our data when it becomes the training ground for algorithms, without our knowledge?

Table of Contents:

Meta AI and the data question: What exactly is happening?

Behind the scenes: How exactly Meta uses your data for AI

GDPR vs. Big Tech: Why “legitimate interest” is not enough here

What companies should do now – and how heyData can help

Future & trends: What regulatory changes are coming

Conclusion: Data is power – and responsibility

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