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Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users' data, bowing to regulatory pressure (techcrunch.com)

submitted 5 months ago by grid11@lemy.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

And even sadder is that users choose to still use those companies.

At the end of the day, we all have a choice. This happens to those that allow it. We try to stay safe from burglars, traffic accidents, illness, etc., but choose to still use these companies. That's a choice, and there are ways to improve our lives, like removing them from our lives.