"Goodby Meta AI"- Nonsensical Meta Legal Notice
AI Flavoured Version of Very Old Hoax
tl;dr
A circulating “Goodbye AI” Facebook hoax instructs you to post a privacy statement to prevent Meta from using your images and information without permission. The claims in the message are nonsense, and posting such a statement will do nothing whatsoever to protect your privacy or stop AI from training on your data.
Overview
Various messages currently circulating on Facebook claim that, because Facebook is now a public entity, all members should post a privacy statement to protect their photographs and other information from being used without their permission.
Current versions of these messages are prefaced with the phrase “Goodbye AI”, implying that following the instructions will stop Meta AI from training on your data.
Supposedly, an attorney (lawyer in some versions) recommended posting the statement.
Claims Are Nonsense
However, the claims in the message are total nonsense. Posting such a statement will do nothing at all to protect your privacy or any of the information or photographs that you post on Facebook.
It certainly will not stop Meta from using publicly available data for training its AI models. Stopping Meta from using your data for AI training is not a straightforward process and may not be possible at all in some jurisdictions, such as Australia.
The notice has no legal standing whatsoever. No competent lawyer is ever likely to recommend posting such a notice.
When you sign up for a Facebook account, you agree to abide by a set of terms and policies put in place by the company. Nothing you subsequently post on the platform will modify or subvert this agreement in any way.
New Version of a Very Old Hoax
This silly message is just one incarnation in a long line of similar “Privacy Notice” hoaxes that I have been writing about since 2012.
Sharing such pointless nonsense will achieve nothing and help nobody.
A current example of the hoax:
Goodbye Meta AI. Please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement. If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.
More examples:
An Older Version:
Recommended by a lawyer.
The violation of privacy can be punished by law
Note: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you haven’t issued a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you allow the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your updates of profile status.
I declare that I have not given my permission to Facebook to use my photos or any information in my profile,, my updates and my statuses !
Make a copy paste! (now hold your finger on the text, click on copy, made a post and paste )
Do not share!!!
Back in 2012, the CollegeHumor team posted the following funny video about the circulated privacy notice posts. The video is old now, but the message still applies :)