#data-scraping

#data-scraping

The letter outlined not only the improper access engineers had to WhatsApp user data, but a variety of other shortcomings, including a "failure to inventory user data," as required under privacy laws in California, the European Union, and the FTC settlement, failure to locate data storage, an absence of systems for monitoring user data access, and an inability to detect data breaches that were standard for other companies.

New to me, someone anonymously scraped and published the Spotify playlists of a handful of celebrities and politicians. The project is called the Panama Playlists. I found the real Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians, and journalists. Many use their real names. With a little investigating, I could say with near-certainty: yep, this is that person. I've been scraping their playlists for over a year. Some individuals even have a setting enabled that displays their last played song.

Reddit has charged Anthropic with training its AI, Claude, on user posts without consent, highlighting a shift towards monetizing access to digital content.

AI compensation models are shifting from flat-fee licensing to varied systems that compensate publishers based on multiple functions of data usage.

Without ongoing contributions from content creators, AI systems risk becoming outdated, biased, or less reliable-ultimately diminishing user trust and the value of AI products.

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