TECH NEWS – A shocking lawsuit just hit Mark Zuckerberg: Meta is accused of training AI models with thousands of pirated porn videos. Plaintiffs claim Meta downloaded and distributed this content for years to advance its own interests.

Meta has become one of the leading companies in the AI boom, with Mark Zuckerberg fully committing to artificial intelligence after moving away from his metaverse ambitions. But this obsession has crossed a serious line: a new lawsuit alleges Meta broke several moral and legal boundaries to train its models.

As Ars Technica reports, Meta faces a lawsuit alleging the company pirated and shared adult videos on BitTorrent to use them for AI training. According to the complaint, Meta has infringed on at least 2,396 copyrighted adult films since 2018, seeding files for days or weeks to speed up downloads. Evidence reportedly ties Meta directly to both usage and distribution of these videos.

What Was Meta’s Real Intention?

Some of the IP addresses involved are linked directly to Meta, others to employees, while a few remain hidden. Meta is thus accused of distributing explicit content without age verification, potentially making it accessible to minors even in places with strict laws.

The lawsuit further claims Meta built a covert network of six private clouds to mask its actions. Strike 3 Holdings, the plaintiff, says it found at least 47 Meta corporate IPs involved in the piracy, plus over 100,000 unauthorized distributions. One such IP was even traced to an employee’s home, indicating off-site activity.

Strike 3 alleges Meta used pornography as “currency” on BitTorrent, trading content to speed up data acquisition, and even suggests the company may have used these videos to create AI-powered sex video generators—raising serious safety concerns. The plaintiffs demand damages, an injunction, and removal of all infringing data from Meta’s AI models.

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