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Facebook parent company Meta has admitted to scraping posts and photos from Australian users since as far back as 2007 to train the company’s AI models. This confession came about at an inquiry that was held on September 10 in Australia, when Meta’s global privacy director, Melinda Claybaugh, was asked about the company’s efforts in the AI space – particularly on matters relating to the privacy of users.

Per the ABC, Claybaugh confirmed that posts and photos were taken from Aussie users that were registered as over 18 years old to feed the company’s large language model (LLM) development, although anyone registered under that age limit was exempt. However, photos of children uploaded on other accounts, such as by their parents or other adult family members, were fair game and could have been scraped. 

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