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The Viral ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ Copypasta Will Not Protect You | Resharing a post on Facebook, Instagram, or another social media platform is not how you legally protect your data or opt out of anything.


Resharing a post on Facebook, Instagram, or another social media platform is not how you legally protect your data or opt out of anything.

A chunky wall of text pasted against a hazy orange-yellow gradient background, it’s complete with all the trend’s hallmarks: vague references to the legal system and unilateral declarations of personal protection. Its claim that it can protect your data is blatantly dubious to savvy internet users, but the underlying desire to claw back one’s personal information from tech companies is a sympathetic one. “While we don’t currently have an opt-out feature, we’ve built in-platform tools that allow people to delete their personal information from chats with Meta AI across our apps,” says Emil Vazquez, a spokesperson for the company, when reached via email.

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