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by datenyan 747 days ago
> “if your objection is honoured, it will be applied going forwards”.

It is absolutely wild being in the "before times" (i.e. before any real legislation is applied to the use of data for AI training) and seeing statements that basically amount to "eh if we feel like it, we'll exempt you".

Not very often you see an "if" in statements like this.

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The concept of Consent is an anathema to the people in charge for these projects

https://soatok.blog/2024/02/27/the-tech-industry-doesnt-unde...

They got away with doing whatever they wanted before: Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...
Rapist mentality.