AI Products Detected
Legal Bases for AI
The policy explicitly mentions 'AI at Meta' multiple times and refers to 'artificial intelligence and machine learning', indicating clear disclosure of AI usage.
For example, we collect different information if you sell furniture on Marketplace than if you ask AI at Meta to write a joke for you.
Personalizing features, content and recommendations, such as your Facebook Feed, Instagram Feed, AI at Meta, Stories and ads.
Understand and enable creation of content like text, audio, images and videos, including through AI at Meta.
We support research in areas like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
AI is used to personalize features, content, and recommendations, including feeds and ads.
Personalizing features, content and recommendations, such as your Facebook Feed, Instagram Feed, AI at Meta, Stories and ads.
AI is used to understand and enable the creation of content like text, audio, images, and videos, and to process user interactions with AI.
Understand and enable creation of content like text, audio, images and videos, including through AI at Meta
AI is used to make suggestions for people, groups, events, or topics users might be interested in.
Make suggestions for you (such as people you may know, groups or events that you may be interested in or topics that you may want to follow) on and off our Products.
Automated processing techniques are applied to find and address violations of terms or policies, investigate suspicious activity, and detect/prevent harmful behavior.
We process information we have associated with you and apply automated processing techniques and, in some instances, conduct manual (human) review to: ... Find and address violations of our terms or policies.
AI is developed and improved for Meta Products and for third parties, and research is conducted in AI and machine learning for social good.
Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
The policy indicates that automated processing is used for personalization and to enforce terms and policies, which can lead to automated decisions affecting users (e.g., content removal, account actions). While some decisions are reviewed, the initial automated action can have a high impact.
The policy explicitly states that 'Your activity and information you provide', 'Public content', and 'Interactions with AI at Meta' are used to 'Develop and improve AI at Meta'. These categories include personal data.
Your activity and information you provide: ... Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on Meta Products
Interactions with AI at Meta and related metadata. For example, information you or others exchange with AI at Meta like content and messages.
Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
The policy lists 'Interactions with AI at Meta and related metadata' and 'Content you create' as information categories used for 'Developing and improving AI at Meta'.
Interactions with AI at Meta and related metadata. For example, information you or others exchange with AI at Meta like content and messages.
Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
The policy explicitly states 'Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on Meta Products' is an information category used for 'Developing and improving AI at Meta'.
Public content you or others create or share, like posts, comments or audio on Meta Products
The policy states Meta develops AI 'for third parties', implying sharing of AI-related outcomes or data. Furthermore, 'AI integrations' is listed as a category under 'How do we share information with third parties?', indicating data sharing with external entities for AI purposes. Additionally, information is shared internally across Meta Companies to 'develop, provide and personalize features and integrations', which can include AI.
Develop and improve AI at Meta for Meta Products and for third parties.
AI integrations
Meta engages in extensive collection of personal and sensitive data across its ecosystem, which is then shared with numerous third parties for targeted advertising and personalization. The extremely low deterministic score (0/70) highlights significant underlying privacy issues, indicating a high risk to user privacy despite stated compliance with GDPR and CCPA. The absence of a direct privacy contact email further complicates user recourse.
Recommended Actions
Thoroughly review and adjust your privacy settings within Facebook and other Meta products to limit data collection and ad personalization as much as possible.
Be highly selective about the personal and sensitive information you share on Meta platforms, as it contributes to your extensive data profile.
Consider using privacy-focused browser extensions or alternative services to reduce tracking across the web and minimize your digital footprint.
Exercise your data rights (e.g., access, deletion) through Meta's provided data request form, but be prepared for a potentially complex process.