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

Wired AI Dhruv Mehrotra September 11, 2026
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems
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# Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Using Your Photos Without Permission Meta is being sued for using millions of people's Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI systems—both for generating images and for a facial recognition tool—without asking for consent first. The lawsuit claims this practice was illegal and could affect anyone who posted photos on Meta's platforms. If successful, it could force Meta to change how it collects and uses personal images for AI development.

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.

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