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Meta faces class action lawsuit over using user photos for AI training
WIRED AI Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Meta of illegally harvesting Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI models and build facial recognition tools.
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The lawsuit could restrict how social media platforms use personal photos, potentially changing privacy settings and data rights for billions of users.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026