Meta pauses user data collection and removes AI features in Brazil

The meta has begun Removal of artificial intelligence (AI) functions in Brazil It relies on the collection of user data for language model training. The measure includes requests from institutions such as the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), which has accused the company of various irregularities.

According to the newspaper S. Paulo calendarsocial media users have lost access to the AI ​​sticker maker on WhatsApp. The company also stated, Facebook and Instagram features are now taking longer to roll out in the country or are not even available at all This way.

The company has so far made no official comment on whether it has indeed agreed to suspend the use of user data in the region.

The fight between Meta and ANPD

The decision to ban Meta from training AIs with data from Brazilians was first published on July 2. The ANPD is the body responsible for enforcing these rules. General Data Protection Law (LGPD), made a decision based on an instruction containing Fine of R$ 50,000 per day in case of non-compliance.

The accusation means:Risk of serious and irreparable damage to users” In the company’s new policy. The discussions are that Meta is not transparent in informing users about the processing of their data, does not provide easy access to the request that profiles not be included in the collection and the possible use of personal data of children and teenagers.

In the following days, the Brazilian government gave the company a deadline to explain its privacy policy, but ANPD still maintained the ban.

In parallel, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) and the Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec) He launched a public civil action on Tuesday (16) Against WhatsApp. If found guilty, the company will be required Will pay R$1.7 billion in compensation per “collective moral compensation” This “violation of user rights“.

The lawsuit also criticized the ANPD itself, which is responsible for monitoring such practices according to the process. We should have blocked data collection from Brazilians earlier in practice.