Meta pauses AI data collection in EU

Meta Platforms will not launch its AI models in Europe for now after the Irish Data Protection Commission told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users.

Meta Platforms will not launch its AI models in Europe for now after the Irish Data Protection Commission told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users.

The move by Meta came after complaints and a call by advocacy group NOYB to data protection authorities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain to act against the company.