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Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

Friday, September 11, 2026


Meta faced a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the company used Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and develop a face-recognition feature referred to as "NameTag" without authorization. The complaint characterizes this photo use as illegal harvesting of user data. The lawsuit seeks to represent a class of users whose images were used in this manner.

Original reporting: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-sued-over-training-data-for-its-ai-and-face-recognition-systems/

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