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Meta pauses AI development plans in Europe after privacy complaints

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Plans were scheduled to come into force on June 26, Meta decries a “step backwards for European innovation.”

Meta will pause its plans to train its AI technology by using public content shared on Facebook and Instagram across the EU/EEA, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Friday.

The decision follows privacy complaints in 11 European countries brought by the European Center for Digital Rights (NOYB), which