Overview
- The feature is live in the United States and Canada and will expand to additional countries in testing, according to Meta.
- Enabling the tool requires allowing cloud processing, which uploads selected camera-roll media to Meta’s servers on an ongoing basis to generate private suggestions.
- Meta states the uploaded media is not used for ad targeting and is not used to improve its AI unless a user edits the suggestion with Meta’s tools or publishes it, a policy clarified by spokesperson Mari Melguizo.
- Reporters note privacy and transparency concerns, including Meta’s AI terms permitting analysis of media and facial features and prior training on public Facebook and Instagram content since 2007.
- Users can turn off Camera Roll Sharing Suggestions in Facebook settings or restrict the app’s photo access at the device level, and some data may be retained longer than 30 days as previously indicated during tests.