3rd September 2025 - (San Francisco) Meta, the parent company of Facebook, may be analysing your phone's photos without your explicit knowledge. Users have reported finding toggles enabled within their Facebook app settings that grant Meta access to their camera rolls for AI-generated suggestions, raising concerns about privacy and consent.
The issue lies in Meta's ability to access and retain your camera roll images, potentially without users' full understanding or consent. This feature allows Meta to use the data from your photos to suggest various creative ideas and personalised content, including collages and themed albums.
To safeguard your privacy, it's crucial to check and disable these settings within the Facebook app. By following specific steps outlined in the article, users can navigate to the necessary settings and turn off the toggles granting Meta access to their camera roll for AI suggestions.
Reports indicate that Meta's AI Terms of Service require consent for cloud processing, allowing the company to analyse your media and facial features. If users agree to this, Meta can use the data from your camera roll to provide personalised content suggestions, such as themed albums and recap posts.
While Meta assures that these AI suggestions are visible only to the user and won't be used for ad targeting, the lack of clear consent and transparency around this feature has raised privacy concerns among users.