What AI-related move by Meta in 2024 left creators seeing red?

Meta's decision to use publicly available data, including posts and images from Facebook and Instagram, to train its AI models without explicit consent from users sparked significant backlash from creators. This move raised concerns about intellectual property rights, privacy, and the ethical implications of using user-generated content for commercial AI development without compensation or clear opt-out mechanisms. Blocking third-party apps, monetizing personal data (beyond AI training), and banning anonymous accounts are separate issues that have caused creator friction with platforms in the past, but they were not the specific AI-related action by Meta in 2024 that drew widespread criticism.