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Meta faces US accusations of illegally scraping YouTube videos to train AI

( February 4, 2026, 00:58 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms is facing a proposed class action filed by YouTube personalities accusing the company of circumventing YouTube's protections to scrape video content to train its artificial intelligence tools. YouTubers Devin Youngblood, Nicole Chmura and Chris Rice allege Meta's "unauthorized acquisition" has violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. "Most YouTube videos are not registered with the US Copyright Office," they said in their complaint. "But that does not make them free to take or use. Creators still pour real time, skill, and money into producing their videos, and they depend on YouTube’s technological safeguards to keep the underlying files from being accessed and downloaded without permission." See complaint below: ...

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