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PSA: Flip these two Instagram toggles now to stop people using your face

Meta launched an AI image model integrated into Instagram that by default allows anyone to use users' profile photos and posts as prompts for generative images. Users can disable this by flipping two hidden toggles in the app's settings.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 9, 2026

Meta this week launched its own AI image model integrated into the Instagram app. While this might sound useful, it comes with rather a big privacy issue: by default, anyone can use your profile photo and posts as prompts for generative images.

You can fix this by flipping two toggles, but they’re pretty well hidden …

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