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Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

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What happened

The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.

Key facts

  • Reported by WIRED and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:59:25 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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