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[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

AI crawlers are scraping every site. Every site. Random public-but-unlisted hobby sites are getting scraped and spiking users' data. There was a Lemmy post about someone who had that experience just yesterday.

Think of how much Child Porn is stored on public sites that are shared in private groups. Also consider that FaceBook is the largest distributor of Child Sex Abuse material. These models are absolutely trained on Child Porn.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

"Also consider that FaceBook is the largest distributor of Child Sex Abuse material"

Why is this not all over the news too? A rhetorical question. Sadly, I think we all know the answer by now.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Instagram literally has “mommy daughter” accounts that are 100% CP fetish material, and every single comment is by an older man

Meta doesn’t give a FUCK as long as you drive engagement

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

For the same reason the media pushed the AI bubble. Silicon Valley holds their chosen boys...