More than 600,000 people, including many celebrities, have fallen for a hoax claiming to deny Facebook and Instagram owner Meta the right to use their images for training artificial intelligence (AI).
Film stars James McAvoy and Ashley Tisdale, as well as former NFL player Tom Brady, are among those who re-shared the fake “Goodbye Meta AI” message on Instagram stories.
The hoax claims that by sharing the message, Meta would no longer be able to use their information.
In reality, Facebook and Instagram users who want to opt out of AI training can do so in their account settings – and posting about it does nothing.
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You hate to see when Celebs fall for a hoax lol
I opp out of this by never having a FB
High profile doesnโt mean high IQ ๐
Use Blue Sky made by Dan Abramov
There are 3 people in the United Kingdom who actually know who tom brady is.
I have absolutley no idea and do not care to.
Thank you bbc!
Fascinating.
Massive pair. Surprised they were allowed on.
Facebook etc all these platforms are like the Pandoras Box. It does more harm than good. More stress, more harm, more madness!!!
Hahaha >_<
Just showing us once again that some people are delusional asf!
Rishi sunak n his wife ,,,,,,,,Theressa amay n husband ,,,,,mmgo lay doubt to their bedroom ,,,,
Not sommm 1 with no entanglement with any 1
LAAY DOUBT 2 BEDROOM OF URE WIFE ,,,,,,sleeps next 2 rapist of asian land ,,,,like the anchor of bbc ,,,
Any how ure russian lovv rivals are takin over
What is a face book?
If companies want to sell and profit off your information it should be opt in not opt out.
I like the way they mention that even famous people have shared it as if being famouse usually stops you doing dumb things.
TS Jenn in the b-roll 0:40 hahahahah
This isn't even news
Send this message to 10 of your friends or you will have bad luck!
No different from the post that's been going around for many years claiming that if you follow some proceedure then the algorithm will reset and you'll see posts from all of your long lost friends.
This is reminiscent of "share this post to get Facebook black" back in the day
Wow – 0:38
Imagine how poisonous your AI will become trained on social media posts.
Lame
George Clooney and his pranks eh?
I canโt believe this is a story – I heard James McAvoy liked a post the other day
bbc, remember it cannot be countries like north korea, china, or russia who have electronic hardware from 80's and floppy disks for storage
How dystopian it is that you have to โopt outโ of major corporations stealing your information for AI tools.
Anyone falling for one of those scams is broadcasting how easy they are to fool.
This is a scam, but all the emails that you receive from the Nigerian prince are true. Swear.
I think he's going to get the starring role in the upcoming movie, gullible's travels
That's some hard hitting journalism right there. Can't believe this isn't bigger news
The key piece of information from this story was that you can opt out of Meta using your data in your privacy settings ……. but the reporter did not show how this is done or direct the audience to a BBC page that shows how it can be done across the various mobile platforms.
Poor work BBC. This was a missed opportunity to pass along important information to the public ….. remember that used to be the purpose of a news organization …… back before they became revenue machines.
Christ Jesus is coming back soon folks. May we all repent and live for him before its to late โณ๏ธ โ๏ธ
People are so stupid. Just painfully stupid.
Chainmail???? Come on idiots
It would be good to have better gender balance in your presenters. Young men don't need to be messaged that they can just work in sport