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Mastodon updates terms of service to ban AI model training on user data (www.neowin.net)
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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 90 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah this will do absolutely nothing.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 120 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree, but I'm glad they did it anyway.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago

Fair, there is no reason not to.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It potentially gives them grounds for a lawsuit. Probably not but potentially. There's no reason not to explicitly deny permission. They have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gives them legal standing against scraping for if it is needed in the future.