CenDemTech, to random
@CenDemTech@techpolicy.social avatar

🚨 New from @CenDemTech: The proposed "Know Your AI Customer" rule from the Dept. of Commerce could undermine privacy protections. We filed comments urging changes to safeguard . Read our analysis here: https://cdt.org/insights/department-of-commerce-know-your-ai-customer-rule-must-protect-privacy/

PrivacyDigest, to tumblr
@PrivacyDigest@mas.to avatar

and Are Preparing To Sell To and , Report Says - Slashdot

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/02/27/191230/tumblr-and-wordpress-are-preparing-to-sell-user-data-to-openai-and-midjourney-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

danslerush, to tumblr
@danslerush@floss.social avatar

« and are preparing to sell to and , according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals. » by @404mediaco
› https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

wonkeythemonkey, to wordpress
@wonkeythemonkey@mastodon.social avatar

You may have seen this article going around social media today. What the article does not make clear, particularly in the headline and the lede, is that “WordPress” isn’t selling any user data — that is being done by Automattic, the company that owns Tumblr and wordpress dot com. If your site runs WordPress and is not hosted on wordpress dot com servers, they don’t have your data.

https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

mattotcha, to bapcsalescanada
@mattotcha@mastodon.social avatar

FTC hits Avast with $16.5 million fine over allegations of selling users’ browsing data
https://therecord.media/avast-fine-ftc-alleged-browser-data-sales —identifiable

thetechtutor, to Facebook
@thetechtutor@me.dm avatar

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Happy , friends. For those who don’t know: “Threads” is the new platform launched by founder Mark this week.

It looks and behaves like because it’s meant to woo users away from the now crumbling platform that Elon bought for $44 billion.

My take: PLEASE, don’t do it. Here’s why…

First, if you try it and don’t like it, you cannot delete your Threads account without ALSO deleting your Instagram account: https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/06/threads-feed-of-people-you-follow/

thetechtutor,
@thetechtutor@me.dm avatar

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Second, the platform will continue, as all centrally owned social media platforms, to harvest and then use these often to advertise to you

I consider both to be an invasion of

Lastly, as many of you on know: we don’t need yet another billionaire controlled social media platform. This is why I’ve killed all of my and accounts.

Ditto for which is controlled by billionaire

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