Opting out of generative AI in Meta (Facebook and Instagram)

[vivdunstan]

There's a viral message currently going round where people think they can object to Meta (e.g. Facebook and Instagram) using their content to train AI simply by posting a message in a post on their feed. This won't work. You have to formally object to Facebook using the correct process. Go to https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center and click the "object". Then you have a simple form you can "submit" to opt out. Make sure your Facebook and/or Instagram email address is listed there (it will be prefilled if you are logged in on the web browser). You can add a reason in the text box if you want. I put "I do not want any of my Facebook or Instagram data to be used to train generative AI. Please respect that." but it shouldn't be necessary. Key thing is to click "submit". You will get an email a few minutes later from Facebook/Meta saying you are opted out. This objection form used to be vastly harder to fill out. They have greatly simplified it. Please use this to opt out, not a fake viral message.