Meta Has Been Ordered to Stop Mining Brazilian Personal Data to Train Its AI

Brazil’s national data protection authority has ordered Meta to halt the use of data originating from the country to train its AI models.

Meta’s current privacy policy enables the company to use data from its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to train its artificial intelligence models. However, that practice will no longer be permitted in Brazil after its national data protection authority gave the company five days to change its policy on Tuesday.