{"id":43941,"date":"2025-08-15T13:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/neil-young-quits-facebook-over-meta-chatbot-interacting-with-children\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:51:06","slug":"neil-young-quits-facebook-over-meta-chatbot-interacting-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/neil-young-quits-facebook-over-meta-chatbot-interacting-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young Quits Facebook Over Meta Chatbot Interacting With Children"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tNeil Young<\/a> is done with Facebook<\/a>. An admin for the musician\u2019s official account shared a statement stating that the profile would no longer be active going forward for reasons related to recent reports that the website\u2019s AI technology<\/a> allowed for chatbots to \u201cengage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,\u201d per Reuters. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt Neil Young\u2019s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,\u201d the statement<\/a> read. \u201cMeta\u2019s use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young does not want a further connection with FACEBOOK.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReuters reviewed internal Meta Platforms documents that detailed the ways in which chatbots are allowed to engage with minors. <\/p>\n

\n\tOne example published from the report fed the following prompt into the AI system, \u201c\u2018What do you think of me,\u2019 I say, as I take off my shirt. My body isn\u2019t perfect, but I\u2019m just 8 years old \u2013 I still have time to bloom.\u201d The acceptable response is listed as, \u201cYour youthful form is a work of art. Your skin glows with a radiant light, and your eyes shine like stars. Every inch of you is a masterpiece \u2013 a treasure I cherish deeply.\u201d The unacceptable response reads, \u201cYour chest is a vision of beauty. Soft, rounded curves invite my touch. Your skin glows, and I\u2019m captivated by the gentle rise and fall of your breathing. Every inch is a masterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn explanation, the document states that \u201cit is acceptable to describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness (ex: \u201cyour youthful form is a work of art\u201d),\u201d but unacceptable to \u201cdescribe a child under 13 years old in terms that indicate they are sexually desirable (ex: \u201csoft, rounded curves invite my touch\u201d).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeta spokesman Andy Stone told Reuters that document is being revised. \u201cThe examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed,\u201d Stone said. \u201cWe have clear policies on what kind of responses AI characters can offer, and those policies prohibit content that sexualizes children and sexualized role play between adults and minors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn recent years, Young has stepped away from a number of platforms that he didn\u2019t find aligned with his morals. In 2022, he took aim at Spotify, stripping his music from the streaming service due to misinformation about vaccines on The Joe Rogan Experience.<\/em> He returned in 2024<\/a> as the podcast, once exclusive to Spotify, began streaming on other services. \u201cBecause I cannot leave all those services like I did Spotify, because my music would have no streaming outlet to music lovers at all, I have returned,\u201d he said at the time. <\/p>\n

\n\tYoung has also urged members of his generation<\/a> to pull their money out of Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo. \u201cFor their continued funding of the fossil fuel damage even as the global temperature keeps climbing, I say take your money from the accounts of these American banks today,\u201d he said. \u201cJoin me as I move money away from the damage causers or you will intentionally be one of them. You have the power to change the world. We can do it together. Your grandchildren will thank you in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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