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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

In short:

Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry.

The company does not offer Australians an opt out option like it does in the EU, because it has not been required to do so under privacy law.

What's next?

Facebook representatives could not say whether an opt-out option would be offered to Australians in the future.

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago

And your family posted, and your friends posted.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 22 points 2 months ago

This is a key factor. It's not possible to avoid being in their system at this point unless you live under a rock.

[-] micka190@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I was having this discussion with a coworker after Apple's event where they talked about their image scanning AI. Like, if someone takes a picture of me, and sends it to the AI's servers, they'll use it as training data, but I haven't consented to it. So how does taking it down work?

It's obviously a rhetorical question. They obviously won't, and they'll tell me to pound sand.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

I think it's a really important question though, and one that bears repeating again and again. AI was built on a complete disregard for consent, and that continued disregard makes it all very unconscionable.

[-] seang96@spgrn.com 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I had a person that hated me in high school and put up a fake profile with a picture taken of me at school. So don't forget enemies posted!

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