Tech Desk 
Jun 28, 2025
Facebook and Instagram are owned by the massive social media company Meta, which has drawn criticism for its data practices, especially with regard to its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
The business has been training its AI systems to recognise patterns, comprehend language, and produce content by utilising enormous volumes of user data from its platforms.
Meta's plans to access images that users have not uploaded to its servers have come under scrutiny in light of a recent development.
Although it says it is not currently doing so, the company has reportedly thought about using images saved on users' devices.
Facebook users have been shown a pop-up message asking if they want to enable "cloud processing," which would let the company pick up content from their camera roll and store it in the cloud.
Meta's AI would be able to analyse these photos, including the objects and facial features they show, with the users' permission.
Concerns regarding data privacy and the company's potential future use of this information have been raised by many users.
The definitions of "public" and "adult user" are still up for debate, but Meta has previously admitted to using public posts from Facebook and Instagram to train its AI models since 2007.
As the problem develops, it emphasises how critical it is to understand how businesses like Meta use our data and the necessity of explicit data usage policies.
