Meta Faces Class Action Over Alleged Illegal Use of Photos for AI Training

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Meta is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over allegations that it illegally harvested photos from Facebook and Instagram users. The suit claims the company used these images to train its AI image-generation models without user consent. The lawsuit also alleges that Meta used the photos to develop an unreleased facial recognition feature internally referred to as 'NameTag'. Plaintiffs argue that this data collection violated users' privacy rights. The case highlights growing legal scrutiny over how tech companies source data to build and train AI systems.

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