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An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act
(www.politico.eu)
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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What? Someone downloaded photos that people willingly uploaded to a public network? You don’t say.
Except it's not because these are photos people are choosing to post.
as someone who crossed a tourist hotspot to get to the cantina for some years, my experience can't confirm your statement.
The problem there is someone taking photos of you without your consent, not AI analyzing the photos