brozu ▪️May 15

In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison
➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.

#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models
➡️ facing no consequences.

Information is power, knowledge is power.

Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.

#digitalrights #openknowledge #opendata #privacy

Show threadÁngela Stella Matutina

@brozu

And this is why I raise my glass every time I can to Alexandra Elbakyan (Sci- Hub). (I would ask people to donate too, but most of my friends are broke.)

May 16 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadbrozu ▪️May 16

@angelastella

This does you credit.