Sep 26, 2024 · The Goodbye Meta AI trend is a viral scam spreading on Facebook and Instagram. A fake post claims that sharing the message will prevent Meta from accessing your personal data and photos. Over 700,000 accounts, including celebrities, have …

Learn to avoid scams and phishing on Meta products like Facebook and Instagram.

May 14, 2024 · Reporters at the tech website 404 Media tracked a surge in apparently AI-generated posts on Facebook, which is owned by Meta, in recent months. AI-generated images like these are starting to...

Sep 25, 2024 · According to Lead Stories, social media users started noticing the spread of the “Goodbye Meta AI” copypasta—a chunk of text that’s widely spread on the internet—at the beginning of September.

Sep 25, 2024 · Nearly 550,000 people have shared a fake Instagram story statement claiming that unless they post it, Meta will ‘use their information’. An increasing number of tech giants are subtly tweaking...

Sep 26, 2024 · "I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos." Since early September, the message has been shared widely, even though it is a hoax.

Sep 26, 2024 · Seemingly to counter Meta training its AI model on public posts, many are falling for chain mail once more.

Jan 3, 2025 · Meta has nuked a bunch of its AI-generated profiles from Facebook Instagram, the company confirmed, after the AI characters prompted widespread outrage and ridicule from users on social media.

Fake posts are being shared across Meta platforms and fuelling scammers. A viral post dubbed ‘Goodbye Meta AI’, falsely claims that users of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatApp can opt out of having their posts used to train the company's AI models. But what’s the point of the post?