InstAI
If you use Instagram, there may be a message buried in your notifications. It begins:
We’re getting ready to expand our AI at Meta experiences to your region.
Fuck that. Here’s the important bit:
To help bring these experiences to you, we’ll now rely on the legal basis called legitimate interests for using your information to develop and improve AI at Meta. This means that you have the right to object to how your information is used for these purposes. If your objection is honoured, it will be applied going forwards.
Follow that link and fill in the form. For the field labelled “Please tell us how this processing impacts you” I wrote:
It’s fucking rude.
That did the trick. I got an email saying:
We’ve reviewed your request and will honor your objection.
Mind you, there’s still this:
We may still process information about you to develop and improve AI at Meta, even if you object or don’t use our products and services.