Whether it's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or Messenger, chances are you use at least one of Meta's biggest four social media and messaging apps daily. And, if you do, then you've no doubt come across Meta AI.

Meta's new AI feature requests photo uploads from users for personalized suggestions, sparking privacy concerns.

By clicking "Allow," you'll let Facebook generate new ideas from your camera roll, like collages, recaps, AI restylings, or photo themes.

Open the Facebook app and tap Menu at the bottom right corner. Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner. You can also scroll down to Settings & privacy and then navigate to Settings. Scroll to Get creative ideas made for you by allowing camera roll cloud processing.

In July 2025, a photograph claimed to show U.S. President Donald Trump dancing with a teenage girl on an island owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The caption stated: "Photo of Donald Trump at Epstein's private island, dancing with a 13-year-old girl. Trump was in his 50s when this was taken. What kind of man does that?"

Meta says this feature is just a test to make it easier for people to share content, and only works if you opt in.

Meta is prompting users to grant ongoing access to their camera roll photos—including media they haven't specifically uploaded to Facebook—so that AI can edit and curate images and suggest creative ideas.

Meta wants to convince Facebook users to give Meta AI access to all the photos on their devices - here’s why you shouldn’t do it.

Facebook is testing a new feature that uses Meta AI to suggest edits from your phone’s camera roll, even from unshared photos.

Facebook is scanning users' camera rolls with AI to generate Story suggestions, and many may have unknowingly given permission.