Data protection
AI training with user data: Meta should hurry in a hurry
Meta wants to use public contributions on Facebook and Instagram to train his AI. However, consumer advocates see violations of data protection rules – and have now called a court.
The dispute between the Consumer Center North Rhine-Westphalia and the Facebook Group Meta for the use of user data for training the AI software Meta AI is now in court. The consumer center North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf said that an injunction was requested from the Cologne Higher Regional Court.
The planned use of personal data from Instagram and Facebook for AI training should be stopped in the urgent procedure, it said. A week ago, consumer advocates Meta had already warned.
According to Consumer Center (VZ), Meta had announced in mid-April to use the contributions of European users published in his service Facebook and Instagram from May 27th in its service in his service and Instagram. Meta rely on a “legitimate interest” and use the data unless the customers actively contradict. The Consumer Center NRW does not consider the procedure to be legal and sees a violation of European data protection law.
Meta: Our approach corresponds to the European guidelines
Meta rejects the allegations. “Our approach corresponds to the clear guidelines that were specified by the European Data Protection Committee in December and follows extensive and continuous discussions with the Irish data protection commission, our leading data protection regulator in Europe,” said a spokesman. People in the EU have given the opportunity to object to the use of their information for these purposes, and inform them about this right by email and in-app notifications.
The spokesman spoke of another example of the fragmented and unpredictable legal and regulatory framework in Europe. This hemme innovations, undermine the security of companies and contradict the latest efforts by the European Commission and the new German government to use new technologies for economic growth.
In another statement, Meta defended the plans last week: “This training is common and crucial in the industry that our modern AI products and models increasingly understand and reproduce German culture, language and history better.”
VZ: Development of AI is said to take place on a fair basis
“With the application for an injunction, we want to prevent Meta from creating facts before the legal situation is clarified,” said VZ data protection expert Christine Steffen, according to the message. “Once the data has been used for AI, a recall is hardly possible.”
It is not the goal of the consumer center to prevent the development of artificial intelligence, but to ensure that it takes place on a rule of law and fair. “Meta seems to put his commercial interests on the rights of those affected.” Consumers should keep control of their personal data.
According to the consumer advice center, consumers can contradict the use of their public information for AI training purposes before May 27th. Instructions are offered on the VZ NRW homepage.
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Source: Stern
