Meta Opens Option to Generate AI Images from Photos
seanmcdonaldxyz · x · 2026-07-10
A repost reveals that Meta has enabled a setting allowing others to use your public Instagram photos to generate AI images, unless you actively opt out.
The post also provides the opt-out path: go to your profile, click the three lines in the top right, find "Sharing and reuse", and turn off the toggles for both Posts and Reels.
Related event: Meta Faces Privacy Backlash Over Default AI Training on IG Photos(11 posts)→
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