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Electronic Frontier FoundationonMastodon19h ago
Being forced to opt out of AI training seems to be the standard across sites and platforms. It doesn’t have to be this way. “I think ‘opt in’ is really asking the bare minimum of these companies,” EFF’s @Thorin told WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-opt-out-of-google-search-new-ai-data-training/
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Analysis Summary
Google, Meta, and other platforms have made AI training the default and require users to actively opt out—a practice the EFF calls backwards. The organization argues companies should require explicit opt-in consent before using user data to train AI models, not the other way around. This is the industry standard today, but privacy advocates say it should be flipped so users control whether their personal data feeds AI systems.
Claims Analysis (2)
“Being forced to opt out of AI training seems to be the standard across sites and platforms.”
Google, Meta, and multiple platforms default to opt-out rather than opt-in for AI training. WIRED and EFF corroborate this pattern. The word 'forced' reflects the structural reality of default settings.
“EFF believes 'opt in' is the bare minimum these companies should do.”
Direct quote from EFF's Thorin to WIRED. This is a first-hand statement from the organization's representative.
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