Facebook uses Australian adults public photos/posts to train AI, without opt-out

Facebook acknowledges scraping public data of all Australians to train AI without opt-out. Meta's privacy director, Melinda Claybaugh, confirms the practice while stating that accounts of users under 18 are exempt. The company offers opt-outs in the EU due to legal uncertainties surrounding privacy laws, but not in Australia. This revelation occurs amidst discussions about online harms to children and impending Australian privacy law reform.

• Facebook scrapes Australian user data for AI training.
• No opt-out for AI data scraping in Australia.
• Underage account data not scraped.
• EU users provided AI data opt-out.
• Privacy law reform imminent in Australia.