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Nonconsensual Scraping

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Nonconsensual scraping is the act of scraping data without the consent or knowledge of the individuals involved. This issue has recently become more pronounced with the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the need for mass quantity of training data.

How it works[edit | edit source]

How the practice works.


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Why it is a problem[edit | edit source]

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Examples[edit | edit source]

Some examples of Nonconsensual Scraping include:


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Clearview AI scraping Facebook and Twitter and collecting massive quantity of photo in order to train their facial recognition AI.[1]

Pinterest training AI based on user-submitted content.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Matsakis, Louise. "Scraping the Web Is a Powerful Tool. Clearview AI Abused It".