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YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models | TechCrunch

A group of YouTubers who are suing tech giants for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to their list of defendants. The plaintiffs — interne…

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YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models | TechCrunch

Jan 27, 2026

YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models | TechCrunch
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A group of YouTubers who are suing tech giants for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to their list of defendants. The plaintiffs — interne…

A group of YouTubers who are suing tech giants for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to their list of defendants. The plaintiffs — internet content creators behind a trio of YouTube channels with roughly 6. 2 million collective subscribers — allege that Snap has trained its AI systems on their video content for use in AI features like the app.