"Strike 3 "does not identify any of the individuals who supposedly used these Meta IP addresses, allege that any were employed by Meta or had any role in AI training at Meta, or specify whether (and which) content allegedly downloaded was used to train any particular Meta model," Meta wrote. Meanwhile, "tens of thousands of employees," as well as "innumerable contractors, visitors, and third parties access the internet at Meta every day," Meta argued."
"So while it's "possible one or more Meta employees" downloaded Strike 3's content over the past seven years, "it is just as possible" that a "guest, or freeloader," or "contractor, or vendor, or repair person-or any combination of such persons-was responsible for that activity," Meta claims. Other alleged activity included a claim that a Meta contractor was directed to download adult content at his father's house, but those downloads, too, "are plainly indicative of personal consumption," Meta argued."
Meta asserts the complaint fails to identify individuals who used Meta IP addresses, allege employment by Meta, or show that downloaded content trained any Meta model. Meta emphasizes that tens of thousands of employees plus innumerable contractors, visitors, and third parties access its internet daily, meaning downloads could originate from guests, contractors, vendors, repair persons, or other nonemployees. Meta points to an instance of alleged contractor downloads at a family residence as indicative of personal consumption and says no facts plausibly tie Meta to those downloads. Meta also questions claims about a concealed IP "stealth network" and rejects the AI-training theory as unsupported.
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