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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Norway: Stop collecting user data to sell and using it to serve adds!

FB: OK. You can now be add free for 10 euros a month.

Norway: Are you still collecting and selling user data with that plan?

FB: ...

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They will collect and use (and not directly sell) to create training sets for neural nets, and then they can sell access to those neural nets for the purposes of ad targeting.

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