evidence: What’s worse is that Meta AI needs a substantial amount of training data to function effectively. Most of this data comes from your Facebook and Instagram posts. Even if you don’t post content yourself, Meta can still use photos and captions if others publish them. This data usage applies to all publicly shared posts and does not include private messages. Many social media users are unhappy about Meta’s move to use their personal information and intellectual property for AI training. Yes and no. At this moment, it depends on where you live. Numerous TikTok videos now provide instructions on how to opt out of Meta’s data scraping. One video with over 4 million views explains how Meta will use public photos and posts to train its AI and that opting out is somewhat tricky. [...] A June 7th article in The New York Times reported that US users, where privacy regulations are less strict than in Europe, have already had their public posts used for AI training by Meta. The exact timeline of when Meta started scraping data from US users is unclear. Even though there is no straightforward path on how to stop Meta’s feast on your data, here are some steps you can take: