Mozilla Criticizes Meta's 'Invasive' Feed of Users' AI Prompts, Demands Its Shutdown (mozillafoundation.org) 18
In late April Meta introduced its Meta AI app, which included something called a Discover feed. ("You can see the best prompts people are sharing, or remix them to make them your own.")
But while Meta insisted "you're in control: nothing is shared to your feed unless you choose to post it" — just two days later Business Insider noticed that "clearly, some people don't realize they're sharing personal stuff." To be clear, your AI chats are not public by default — you have to choose to share them individually by tapping a share button. Even so, I get the sense that some people don't really understand what they're sharing, or what's going on.
Like the woman with the sick pet turtle. Or another person who was asking for advice about what legal measures he could take against his former employer after getting laid off. Or a woman asking about the effects of folic acid for a woman in her 60s who has already gone through menopause. Or someone asking for help with their Blue Cross health insurance bill... Perhaps these people knew they were sharing on a public feed and wanted to do so. Perhaps not. This leaves us with an obvious question: What's the point of this, anyway? Even if you put aside the potential accidental oversharing, what's the point of seeing a feed of people's AI prompts at all?
Now Mozilla has issued their own warning. "Meta is quietly turning private AI chats into public content," warns a new post this week from the Mozilla Foundation, "and too many people don't realize it's happening." That's why the Mozilla community is demanding that Meta:
- Shut down the Discover feed until real privacy protections are in place.
- Make all AI interactions private by default with no public sharing option unless explicitly enabled through informed consent.
- Provide full transparency about how many users have unknowingly shared private information.
- Create a universal, easy-to-use opt-out system for all Meta platforms that prevents user data from being used for AI training.
- Notify all users whose conversations may have been made public, and allow them to delete their content permanently.
Meta is blurring the line between private and public — and it's happening at the cost of our privacy. People have the right to know when they're speaking in public, especially when they believe they're speaking in private.
If you agree, add your name to demand Meta shut down its invasive AI feed — and guarantee that no private conversations are made public without clear, explicit, and informed opt-in consent.
But while Meta insisted "you're in control: nothing is shared to your feed unless you choose to post it" — just two days later Business Insider noticed that "clearly, some people don't realize they're sharing personal stuff." To be clear, your AI chats are not public by default — you have to choose to share them individually by tapping a share button. Even so, I get the sense that some people don't really understand what they're sharing, or what's going on.
Like the woman with the sick pet turtle. Or another person who was asking for advice about what legal measures he could take against his former employer after getting laid off. Or a woman asking about the effects of folic acid for a woman in her 60s who has already gone through menopause. Or someone asking for help with their Blue Cross health insurance bill... Perhaps these people knew they were sharing on a public feed and wanted to do so. Perhaps not. This leaves us with an obvious question: What's the point of this, anyway? Even if you put aside the potential accidental oversharing, what's the point of seeing a feed of people's AI prompts at all?
Now Mozilla has issued their own warning. "Meta is quietly turning private AI chats into public content," warns a new post this week from the Mozilla Foundation, "and too many people don't realize it's happening." That's why the Mozilla community is demanding that Meta:
- Shut down the Discover feed until real privacy protections are in place.
- Make all AI interactions private by default with no public sharing option unless explicitly enabled through informed consent.
- Provide full transparency about how many users have unknowingly shared private information.
- Create a universal, easy-to-use opt-out system for all Meta platforms that prevents user data from being used for AI training.
- Notify all users whose conversations may have been made public, and allow them to delete their content permanently.
Meta is blurring the line between private and public — and it's happening at the cost of our privacy. People have the right to know when they're speaking in public, especially when they believe they're speaking in private.
If you agree, add your name to demand Meta shut down its invasive AI feed — and guarantee that no private conversations are made public without clear, explicit, and informed opt-in consent.
Meta is a Nazi company. (Score:3, Insightful)
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That's why the Mozilla community is demanding that Meta:
- Shut down the Discover feed until real privacy protections are in place.
- Make all AI interactions private by default with no public sharing option unless explicitly enabled through informed consent.
- Provide full transparency about how many users have unknowingly shared private information.
- Create a universal, easy-to-use opt-out system for all Meta platforms that prevents user data from being used for AI training.
- Notify all users whose conversations may have been made public, and allow them to delete their content permanently.
To which Mark Zuckerberg says, "LOL. Nope. Fuck You.
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Went to the site you linked. Read the first page. ... too bad.
Would like to comment on it.
But I don't live in a country that has freedom of expression (I'm in Europe).
I can be legally condemned for citing historical facts.
So
Maybe one day I'll live in the only country that still has freedom of expression, but now it isn't the case.
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It's weird, because the only thing you could be afraid of saying is a lie. Why would you believe a lie when everyone with a brain cell tell you it is a lie ?
Don't believe nazis, they are fucking morons and all around bad people.
And no you can't be condemned for citing historical facts, that would be stupid.
On the other hand, if you do go to the US, you have to be careful not to say bad things about the Dear Leader, or you might get deported, and it's just the beginning.
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Went to the site you linked. Read the first page. ... too bad.
Would like to comment on it.
But I don't live in a country that has freedom of expression (I'm in Europe).
I can be legally condemned for citing historical facts.
So
Maybe one day I'll live in the only country that still has freedom of expression, but now it isn't the case.
You live in a country that has laws that ban certain forms of expression. Meanwhile, here in the US, we have a emperor-wannabe president that wants to outlaw the forms of expression that he doesn't like. However, instead of passing a law, he simply cancels grants, visas, jobs, etc. and sends out armed military to intimidate, all extra-judicially because emperors shouldn't be constrained by such trivialities. Given those two realities, I'd prefer the European explicit canceling of freedom instead of the v
Mozilla shut down Pocket (Score:2)
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I'm not saying you're right or wrong, but virtually every post here about a new version of Firefox coming out had dozens of comments asking why they were still wasting time on Pocket and nobody used it or knew what it was for... which wasn't entirely unfair.
I'm still not entirely sure what it was for, some sort of bookmarking thing? It felt like the pet project of someone major at Mozilla who couldn't articulate what exactly it did but felt that only if people understood it everyone would want it, and who
Everything should be op-in. By law. (Score:4, Interesting)
Why postcard? it is now a legal document proving you allow the collection for one year from date of signing. If they collect and can't produce that card they get nice hefty fine.
Why expire? for users to be aware and so collection can't continue in perpetuity if the company is merged or acquired by a scummier company.
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Sadly, Meta believe you opted in because it was buried somewhere deep in that TOS that you were told you accept simply by using the service.
Unless and until congress is willing to pass a law that requires more explicit and clear opt in and acceptance, this is just going to continue. Congress gets paid too much by Meta to even thing about that.
But..the DATA (Score:2)
The best way to stop this is dump the platforms, especially ones where you use their "App"
If you can not use their service without a web browser with Ad blockers, etc etc etc then screw them/
opt out? (Score:1)
Perhaps it's about cost. (Score:2)
Statistically, we are not that different and ask similar things.
Perhaps by sharing a prompt Meta can skew people towards using already generated and cached responses and can save costs be reusing content rather than generating anew?
Better idea (Score:4, Informative)
Hello Mozilla (Score:3)
How about you first remove all default telemetry from your browser towards yourself and overlord Google? Make that opt-in for those that feel it might improve their experience.
After that we can talk about what others are doing.
The world according to our Digital Overseers (Score:2)
If youre on Facebook (Score:2)