{"id":48,"date":"2025-03-24T11:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a.flowindsurfing.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/how-to-object-to-meta-using-your-data-for-training-its-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:39:39","slug":"how-to-object-to-meta-using-your-data-for-training-its-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/how-to-object-to-meta-using-your-data-for-training-its-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"How to object to Meta using your data for training its AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meta recently found itself in hot water when it notified users of plans to train AI models with content posted publicly by Facebook and Instagram users in the UK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naturally, many users weren\u2019t too happy to hear that their photos, videos and statuses could be scraped by AI going forward, leading many to search for ways to opt out of the feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve created this guide to help you navigate straight to Meta\u2019s AI settings and opt out today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What you\u2019ll need\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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  • A Facebook or Instagram account\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Short Version\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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    1. Open Facebook or Instagram\u00a0<\/li>\n
    2. Go to your Settings\u00a0<\/li>\n
    3. Go to the Privacy Centre\u00a0<\/li>\n
    4. Tap Object\u00a0<\/li>\n
    5. Enter your email address and hit Submit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      How to object to Meta using your data for training its AI<\/p>\n

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      1. \n
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        Step 1.<\/h3>\n

        Open Facebook or Instagram<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        We\u2019ll be using Instagram in this guide. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. \n
        \n

        Step 2.<\/h3>\n

        Go to your Settings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        In Instagram, this is the three-bar icon in the top right corner of your profile. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. \n
        \n

        Step 3.<\/h3>\n

        Go to the Privacy Centre<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        You may need to scroll down to find this option. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. \n
        \n

        Step 4.<\/h3>\n

        Tap Object<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        The link can be found in the second paragraph of Meta\u2019s AI notification. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      5. \n
        \n

        Step 5.<\/h3>\n

        Enter your email address and hit Submit<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

        Make sure you complete these steps for any other accounts you have that don\u2019t share the same Accounts Centre. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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        Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n
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        What information is Meta using to train AI?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

        Meta has shared that it plans to use public information including public posts, photos, captions and comments from the accounts of users aged 18 and older to train its AI models. The company has also stated that private messages are not used to train AI. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

        Does opting out mean that Meta won\u2019t train AI on your content?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

        Not necessarily. You can choose to object to your content being used to train AI by following the steps above, however, Meta does say that it might still use certain information about you to develop its AI. This includes any images or mentions of you shared publically by another user on a Meta platform. <\/p>\n

        If this makes you uncomfortable, you can ask your friends and family not to share photos of you on their accounts, but there\u2019s no guarantee that this will prevent others from uploading images of you. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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        Meta recently found itself in hot water when it notified users of plans to train AI models with content posted publicly by Facebook and Instagram users in the UK.\u00a0 Naturally, many users weren\u2019t too happy to hear that their photos, videos and statuses could be scraped by AI going forward, leading many to search for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piikla.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}