@brandononearth

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brandononearthSep 13, 2024
Paris MarxSep 12, 2024

Meta has admitted it used all its users’ public posts on its platforms going back to 2007 to train its AI models during an Australian senate inquiry.

The only exception was for users in the European Union who opted out.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/facebook-scraping-photos-data-no-opt-out/104336170

#tech #meta #facebook #ai #artificialintelligence #australia #auspol

Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent.

ABC News
brandononearthSep 7, 2024
@tregg been seeing it happening for years. It’s combining with a lot of pent up pessimism about the whole working system the social contract is broken when so many cannot afford to live despite working so hard.
brandononearthAug 20, 2024
Show threadDr. Lucky Tran Aug 20, 2024

Mask bans are bad even if only targeted to law breakers because they:

- Stigmatize masks and increase harassment of mask wearers

- Let police (who aren't doctors) subjectively decide who can wear a mask for health reasons

- Increase profiling

- Violate first amendment rights

Show threadbrandononearthJul 18, 2023
@caseyliss the US had an extensive continental rail network and streetcars in even mid-size cities. We dismantled it to focus spending on the highway system and car infrastructure. We need to prioritize it again, like Western Europe and China have.
Show threadbrandononearthJul 17, 2023
@atpfm @caseyliss the environmentally best choice is reducing the number of cars through public transit, bike infrastructure, and walkable cities. Car-centricity will kill us all.
brandononearthJun 17, 2023
Why is it so controversial to want to avoid catching Covid now? Does it make you feel better if everyone gets infected again and again?
Show threadbrandononearthJun 15, 2023
@samhenrigold I think the audience changed significantly in well they used to target designers and teams with a very specific, technical solution. Now they’re aiming much broader, more general so they’re using the “sell the promise, not the product” type of marketing.