The Austrian organization Noyb announced on Monday nine new complaints against the social network X – formerly Twitter – in several European countries for non-compliance with the regulation on the protection of personal data (GDPR) in the creation of its artificial intelligence (AI).
Noyb says that X has illegally used the personal data of more than 60 million users since May to train its AIs like Grok, without informing them in advance.
“We want to ensure that Twitter fully complies with European Union law, which – at a minimum – requires asking users for their consent in this case,” said Max Schrems, president of Noyb – European Center for Digital Rights, in a statement.
According to the organization, the complaints were filed in Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland.
In a legal proceeding in Ireland over the same dispute, a lawyer for the social network owned by American billionaire Elon Musk announced last week that data collected between May 7 and August 1 would not be used until the court rules on the action brought by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
The commission is the main European regulator for American internet giants because their European operations are based in the country. In its statement, Noyb believes that the DPC is too “lukewarm” and does not address the heart of the personal data problem.
Meta Platforms META.O decided in June not to launch its AI models in Europe for now after the Irish DPC asked it to delay its plans. Google (Alphabet GOOGL.O ) also agreed to delay its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini, and make changes, following consultations with the Irish regulator.
(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume, edited by Kate Entringer)