Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
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Source: The Verge (AI)July 10, 2026
Summary
Meta announced a feature that let users create AI-generated images by tagging public Instagram accounts, but the feature allowed content from any public account to be used without the account owner's permission. Following backlash, Meta is turning off this feature.
Solution / Mitigation
Meta is turning off the feature that allowed users to generate AI images by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts.
Classification
Attack SophisticationTrivial
Impact (CIA+S)
integrity
AI Component TargetedAPI
Affected Vendors
Meta
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/964416/meta-instagram-ai-muse-image-deepfakes
First tracked: July 10, 2026 at 08:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 92%