The policy states that public content users create or share on Meta Products, including posts, comments, and audio, along with interactions with Meta AI features and information from third-party partners, may be used to develop and improve AI at Meta for both Meta Products and for third parties.
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This provision establishes a processing purpose that extends AI training use of user-generated public content to benefit third parties beyond Meta's own product ecosystem, which may require evaluation under data minimization and purpose limitation principles under GDPR and equivalent frameworks, depending on the legal basis asserted.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify the legal basis for this processing purpose or identify which third parties benefit, and the enforceability of this provision in EU and UK jurisdictions depends on whether the asserted legal basis satisfies GDPR's purpose limitation and consent standards.
Meta now explicitly uses user-generated content including posts, comments, and audio to train AI models for itself and third parties, significantly expanding AI development scope.
View full change record →Under this clause, public content a user posts on Facebook, Instagram, or other Meta Products may be used to train AI systems that Meta makes available to or develops for third parties, in addition to improving Meta's own products. The agreement does not provide a direct opt-out mechanism for this AI training use of public content, though applicable law in certain jurisdictions may provide data subject rights that apply.
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Compare across platforms →"Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties. Information categories we use... The actual information we use depends on your factual circumstances, but could include any of the following: Your activity and information you provide: Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on Meta Products; Interactions with our features that are part of AI at Meta and related metadata. For example, information like content and messages you or others exchange with these features. Information from partners, vendors and third parties.Excerpt from Meta's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR's purpose limitation principle and, where consent is the asserted legal basis, the requirement for informed and specific consent to processing of personal data for AI training.
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This provision establishes a processing purpose that extends AI training use of user-generated public content to benefit third parties beyond Meta's own product ecosystem, which may require evaluation under data minimization and purpose limitation principles under GDPR and equivalent frameworks, depending on the legal basis asserted.
Under this clause, public content a user posts on Facebook, Instagram, or other Meta Products may be used to train AI systems that Meta makes available to or develops for third parties, in addition to improving Meta's own products. The agreement does not provide a direct opt-out mechanism for this AI training use of public content, though applicable law in …
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