Meta Defends 2,400 Adult Videos Download Allegation; Says Content Wasn’t Used to Train AI
Meta denied all the accusations and has asked for the suit to be dismissed. The tech leader also claimed there is no evidence of it using adult images or video to train its AI systems.
“These claims fail not only for lack of supporting facts, but also because Plaintiffs’ theory of liability makes no sense and cannot be reconciled with the facts they do plead. The entire complaint against Meta should be dismissed with prejudice,” Meta stated.
Regarding the being used as evidence, Meta said: “that the small number of downloads, roughly 22 per year on average across dozens of Meta IP addresses, plainly indicates that the videos were torrented for personal use.”
“With tens of thousands of employees and numerous contractors, visitors, and third parties accessing the internet at Meta every day, it’s impossible to know who downloaded the clips or if they were Meta employees,” the company added.
“Strike 3 does not identify any of the individuals who supposedly used these Meta IP addresses, alleges that any were employed by Meta or had any role in AI training at Meta, or specifies whether (and which) content allegedly downloaded was used to train any particular Meta model,” Meta’s filing mentioned.
