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‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robots
(www.popsci.com)
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this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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Even if the data comes from kids, it's not identifiable or personal. It could loosely fall under unpaid child labour if the in-game task is actually just a job in disguise.