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Meta Halts AI Use in Brazil Following Data Protection Authority's Ban

ID: 4567416e-3e33-5abe-bf30-39fad4d9d5e8

STIX ID: report--4567416e-3e33-5abe-bf30-39fad4d9d5e8

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Date Published: 2024-07-18

Date Updated: 2026-05-08

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Meta has paused deployment of its generative AI tools in Brazil after the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) issued a preliminary ban against a new privacy policy that would allow use of personal data to train AI, imposing daily fines and demanding compliance; the report notes similar regulatory restraint in the EU and concerns about personal data (including children’s images in datasets like LAION-5B) being used to train models, with Apple and Meta limiting regional rollouts amid regulatory uncertainty.

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