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Meta sees German injunction bid over AI training rejected in privacy case

By Júlia Tar ( August 18, 2025, 15:29 GMT | Insight) -- Meta's use of public user data from Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence model likely violated EU privacy laws, but the company has avoided having to stop the practice in Germany after a legal bid to block it was filed too late, court documents show. Meta has denied breaking the EU's GDPR rules. But Dutch consumer protection organization SOMI, which launched the case against Meta's use of Facebook and Instagram user data, has vowed to continue its legal action against the company.Meta's use of public user data from Facebook and Instagram to train its Llama artificial intelligence model likely violated EU privacy laws, but the company has avoided having to stop the practice in Germany after a legal bid to block it by a Dutch consumer group was filed too late, court documents show....

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