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Meta can start AI training in Germany, Hamburg data watchdog says

By Sara Brandstätter ( May 27, 2025, 08:16 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms can start using personal data from public posts on its social-media services to train its AI model in Germany, the Hamburg privacy watchdog said, after considering an urgent freeze of the training. A halt to Meta AI in Germany wouldn't be suitable "for resolving differing assessments for Europe as a whole," Thomas Fuchs, the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner, told MLex. The decision is in line with last week's decision by Ireland's privacy watchdog — Meta's lead data protection authority in Europe — which allowed Meta to proceed with its AI model training.Meta Platforms can start using personal data from public posts on its social-media services to train its AI model in Germany, the Hamburg privacy watchdog said, after considering an urgent freeze of the training....

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