Against the European Macro-Complaint XThe social networks formerly known as Twitter. Austrian NGO NOAB has been presented Complaints were received in nine countries this Monday European Union (EU) in which it has accused the proprietary platform Elon Musk of violating the laws Using the data of 60 million users without their consent to train them artificial intelligence (AI).
On July 25, many X users began reporting that, without prior notice, the company had activated an option by default that allowed them to use messages and photos shared on the social network for their training. Chatbotsknown as the Grok. Here we explain what steps to follow to disable this exploit without your consent data,
Last week, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is responsible for enforcing European law, opened a Investigation against the company owned by billionaire Musk, believing that it was carrying out an illegal strategy that violates rights European Citizens’ Action regulators X was forced to stop using the data at least until the case goes to court in September.
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This Monday, the NGO Noyb, specializing in the defense of PrivacyGoing further, nine complaints have been filed in nine countries European UnionAmong them SpainIn which it requests an “urgent procedure”. It has done so because it believes that the Irish regulator “avoided the underlying problem” and did not target “the main violations”. That is why in its nine claims it demands a “thorough investigation” that determines the illegality of that procedure and forces X to “actually comply with the law”.
“In recent years we have seen countless cases of ineffective and partial application by Ireland,” said the chairman of NOAB, a renowned Austrian lawyer. Max Schrems. The NGO asks, “What happened to the EU data that was already included in the system and how can Twitter (properly) separate EU data from non-EU data?” Transparency,
These complaints indicate that X is obliged to actively inform users about these types of changes and request their consent. Data protection authorities from Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain must now investigate the social network’s practices and make a corrective determination that forces it to comply with EU law.
Last May, Target There has already been an attempt to use the data of European users of Facebook And Instagram to train their “new tasks” Hey. The technology giant informed users through a notification, although the process to object to this treatment was particularly complicated (here we explain how to do it). Eventually, pressure from regulators forced the company to stop its activities.
