X Faces Legal Action Over Unauthorized Data Use
TECH DIGEST- Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing mounting legal pressure over allegations of illegally using user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
The company has been accused of processing personal data from over 60 million European Union users without obtaining explicit consent. The controversy erupted when a user discovered a new setting revealing that X was utilizing post data for its Grok AI chatbot.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), X’s primary EU regulator, has initiated legal action to halt the unauthorized data processing. However, privacy advocacy group noyb has criticized the DPC’s response as inadequate, filing complaints in nine countries.
noyb, led by privacy activist Max Schrems, contends that X’s actions violate multiple provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), citing a lack of transparency and consent in the company’s data handling practices.
These developments place X in a precarious legal position, with potential implications for its operations within the European Union.
