Jessica Chastain, Julianne Moore among celebs to fall for Meta scam message

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Jessica Chastain and Julianne Moore are among a group of celebrities who’ve fallen for a recent scam message relating to Meta.The statement the celebrities have been sharing begins with an “attorney message” advising Meta – the parent company of Instagram and Facebook – that they don’t have permission to use public images for the purposes of ‘scraping’ data for Artificial Intelligence (AI).It relates to the company reportedly using public Facebook and Instagram photos and posts of its users to train AI, something that is referred to as “scraping” of content.Meta paused the launch of its AI product in Europe in July due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy rules, and as a result of GDPR law.

As per The Guardian, Meta was ordered to “stop training its large language model on data from European users on privacy concerns.” The company also gave European users an opt-out option, but some other countries, like Australia, currently don’t have this option.The statement that celebrities have been sharing reads: “Goodbye Meta AI.

Please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement.

If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.”Celebrities who reposted the statement included Julianne Moore, Jessica Chastain, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Paulson, Luke Evans, James McAvoy, Ashley Tisdale, and Lily Aldridge (as per Just Jared).However, as Snopes noted, these types of notices will not stop Meta using your content and aren’t legally.