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Bytes Europe<p>YouTube rolls out new age verification technology that tracks activity to guess age <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1284751/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1284751/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KidFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/restrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restrictions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SafetyMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyMeasures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>DeepSeek App Faces Ban in Germany for Illegal Transfer of User Data</p><p><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deepseek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">searchenginejournal.com/deepse</span><span class="invisible">ek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ban</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/in" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>in</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/for" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>for</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transfer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/of" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>of</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/User" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>User</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a></p><p>DeepSeek <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ban</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a></p>
SoyaCincau<p>MCMC explains why Mobile Phone Data was collected from telcos <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/callrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>callrecords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitallife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dosm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mcmc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcmc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobiledatausage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobiledatausage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobilephonedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilephonedata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personaldata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personaldata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telcos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telcos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userdata</span></a></p><p><a href="https://soyacincau.com/2025/06/06/mcmc-response-mobile-phone-data-collection-telco/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soyacincau.com/2025/06/06/mcmc</span><span class="invisible">-response-mobile-phone-data-collection-telco/</span></a></p>
SoyaCincau<p>Did MCMC ordered telcos to hand over user call and internet data usage records? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/callrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>callrecords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitallife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mcmc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcmc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobiledatausage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobiledatausage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobilephonedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilephonedata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/personaldata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>personaldata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telcos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telcos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userdata</span></a></p><p><a href="https://soyacincau.com/2025/06/06/report-mcmc-telcos-hand-over-user-call-data-internet-records/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soyacincau.com/2025/06/06/repo</span><span class="invisible">rt-mcmc-telcos-hand-over-user-call-data-internet-records/</span></a></p>
Gary Ackerman<p>Companies leverage user-generated data to improve services and user experience, but this practice has led to concerns and regulations like GDPR. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a></p>
Brian Greenberg :verified:<p>🔓 200M X (Twitter) user records leaked in a 34GB free-for-all—again.</p><p>Data enthusiast “ThinkingOne” released the files after allegedly failing to get a response from X. The breach combines:<br>・Data from a 2022 vulnerability X previously downplayed<br>・January 2025 breach data<br>・A total of 2.8 billion records spanning X user IDs, emails, bios, locations &amp; more</p><p>X continues to deny its systems were the direct source of the leak. But researchers confirm much of the data is real—and the scale is unmatched.</p><p>💡 The kicker? ThinkingOne believes this might’ve required internal access, or an attack of unprecedented sophistication.</p><p>Even without passwords, this treasure trove fuels phishing, impersonation, and targeted disinformation.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/01/hacker-claims-to-have-leaked-200-million-x-user-data-records-for-free/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2</span><span class="invisible">025/04/01/hacker-claims-to-have-leaked-200-million-x-user-data-records-for-free/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/XPlatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XPlatform</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRisk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PrivacyNotice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyNotice</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our community’s concerns with parts of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOU</span></a>, specifically about licensing. Our intent was just to be as clear as possible about how we make Firefox work, but in doing so we also created some confusion and concern. With that in mind, we’re updating the language to more clearly reflect the limited scope of how Mozilla interacts with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a>.</p><p>Here’s what the new language will say:” — Ajit “CockWomble” Varma</p><p> “MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS,”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f</span><span class="invisible">irefox/update-on-terms-of-use</span></a>&gt;</p>
PPC Land<p>FTC Report finds Social Media companies engaged in Vast Surveillance of users: FTC report finds social media firms engaged in "vast surveillance," calls for new privacy laws amid industry pushback. <a href="https://ppc.land/ftc-report-finds-social-media-companies-engaged-in-vast-surveillance-of-users/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/ftc-report-finds-soci</span><span class="invisible">al-media-companies-engaged-in-vast-surveillance-of-users/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>Bluesky declares it has "no intention" of using user content to train AI, even as X introduces new terms of service allowing AI training on user data. 🔒💻 A clear shift in the AI data debate. What does this mean for privacy? 🤖 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Service <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Optery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Optery</span></a> Faces Backlash After Plan to Send <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/privacy-service-optery-faces-backlash-after-plan-to-send-openai-user-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/privacy-service-op</span><span class="invisible">tery-faces-backlash-after-plan-to-send-openai-user-data/</span></a></p>
Robin<p>I could not be less shocked!</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/19/social-media-companies-surveillance-ftc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/sep/19/social-media-companies-surveillance-ftc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MassSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/TargettedAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TargettedAds</span></a></p>
Michael T Babcock<p>I don't think there's an appropriate way to do it at all in fact...<br>"General Motors, Honda, and Hyundai are accused of inappropriately selling customer data" <a href="https://fortune.com/2024/07/26/general-motors-honda-and-hyundai-are-accused-of-inappropriately-selling-customer-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/2024/07/26/general</span><span class="invisible">-motors-honda-and-hyundai-are-accused-of-inappropriately-selling-customer-data/</span></a><br><a href="https://floss.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/userData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userData</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>I was trying to say "data created by people using a service" (to avoid "user data"), and then I thought, why not just say "personal data"?</p><p>Data about (and therefore belonging to) a person? Personal data. Hmm. Then, I thought...</p><p>Could that help me avoid "user accounts" too? What if I started calling them "personal accounts"? Accounts used by a person. </p><p>Then I thought...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalData</span></a></p>
Tech Chilli<p>X’s Grok AI Training with User Data: How to Disable and Erase Conversation History.</p><p>See here - <a href="https://techchilli.com/news/xs-grok-ai-training-with-user-data-how-to-disable-and-erase-conversation-history/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techchilli.com/news/xs-grok-ai</span><span class="invisible">-training-with-user-data-how-to-disable-and-erase-conversation-history/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrokAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrokAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtectYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectYourData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacySettings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacySettings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechTips</span></a></p>
🇩🇪 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝕬𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖙<p>Yet another website like this. Why can I only pay a fee to prevent my user data from being passed on to third parties (for money)? The Internet has fundamental problems. I have the feeling it's getting worse and worse. Where is the development going? </p><p>Surfing the Internet is actually a nice thing, but I increasingly see it as a threat because so many websites want to sell my data for money. :tony_unhappy: </p><p>From my point of view, ad and tracker blockers are a form of self-defense to protect me from intrusive websites. <br>Vivaldi's integrated ad and tracker blocker helps me protect my user data every day. </p><p>The option to add further filter lists (for example from Adguard: <a href="https://adguard.com/kb/de/general/ad-filtering/adguard-filters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adguard.com/kb/de/general/ad-f</span><span class="invisible">iltering/adguard-filters/</span></a>) is fantastic. I am very grateful for that. :tony_happy: </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> is completely free. Give Vivaldi a try and convince yourself of its advantages. 💪 :vivaldi_red: </p><p>More information at:<br><a href="https://vivaldi.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vivaldi.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracker</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userdata</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cookie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookie</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consent</span></a></p>
Alex Ivanovs<p>Meta gets scared of the EU, puts multimodal AI releases on pause</p><p><a href="https://stackdiary.com/meta-gets-scared-of-the-eu-puts-multimodal-ai-releases-on-pause/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stackdiary.com/meta-gets-scare</span><span class="invisible">d-of-the-eu-puts-multimodal-ai-releases-on-pause/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Multimodal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multimodal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OptOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OptOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIModel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalRelevance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalRelevance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalBattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalBattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechConflict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> group complains to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> regulator about <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> scraping <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a> to train <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p><p>Move follows <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> owner's decision to reverse direction in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> after <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/campaign_group_complains_to_uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/07/16/cam</span><span class="invisible">paign_group_complains_to_uk/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ORG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ORG</span></a></p>
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differently#AIPrivacyPolicy #AI #Maven #UserPrivacyPolicy #LLMsirony meme 🤦‍♂️🚨🚩⚠️👉🤖🖼️🚨🚩
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>The high cost of GPT-4o<br>"many firms -- incl'g <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, Meta, Google &amp; X - hv quietly updated their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> policies in ways tt potentially allow them to collect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userdata</span></a> &amp; apply it to train <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> models.. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> has made sure tt opting out carries significant trxn costs in the hopes tt users won't do it.. The only credible way to address <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPT</span></a>-4o's externality problem is for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> to limit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> firms' ability to collect &amp; use the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> their users share"<br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2807229/the-high-cost-of-gpt-4o-giveaway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/2807229/the-high-cost-of-gpt-4o-giveaway</span></a></p>
eicker.news ᳇ tech news<p>»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> Building <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AdBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBusiness</span></a> Based on <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/UserData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserData</span></a>: <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/PayPalAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayPalAds</span></a> will be led by <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/MarkGrether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkGrether</span></a>, formerly head of <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uber</span></a>’s <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/advertisingbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertisingbusiness</span></a>.« <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/data/2024/paypal-reportedly-building-ad-business-based-on-user-data-2/?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pymnts.com/data/2024/paypal-re</span><span class="invisible">portedly-building-ad-business-based-on-user-data-2/?eicker.news</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>