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Meta puts its plan to train AI on Facebook and Instagram posts on pause in Europe, but what about everywhere else?

Meta’s controversial plan to train AI on social media posts is now paused in the European Union following a public backlash. Some users are complaining that what they put on Facebook and other social media is being used without their permission – and asking why it is so hard to opt out.

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