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Meta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training (www.theregister.com)

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[–] bloviate@lemmus.org 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not aware of Meta being used for work.

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 2 weeks ago

Its been a thing for... Quite a long time now. At least 10 years.

One of the first big intrusions I remember was "check in here on Facebook for WiFi access!".

Horrifying even then.

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[–] Gormadt@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 weeks ago

Plenty of companies have social media accounts for advertising and support.

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