UK citizens can also opt out, as the Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of GDPR and confers all of the same rights.
In my opt out, I have also reminded them of their obligation to delete data when I do not consent to its use, so since I have denied consent, any of my data that has been used must be scrubbed from the training sets and resulting AI outputs derived from the unauthorised use of my data.
Sadly, having an Instagram account is unavoidable for me. Networking is an important part of many creatives’ careers, and if the bulk of your connections are on Instagram, you have to be there too.
Forgive me for the pessimism, but I sincerely doubt that they honour any opt-outs. Meta has shown time and time again that they’d rather just pay fines as business expenses instead of abiding by law(s).
I mean, I guess maybe someone could take a picture of me and upload it to Instagram and label it or something. And it’s possible to infer that two people are associated by having a picture containing both them that you run facial recognition or something on. I guess you could kind of think of that as being “my data” in an indirect sense.
“These features and experiences need to be trained on information that reflects the diverse cultures and languages of the European communities who will use them.”
No, they do not, these features and experiences don’t need to exist at all.
Nothing uplifting about this. It’s a distraction from the real solution. Corporations would love nothing more than to convince us that carbon capture will solve our problems so we can continue on business as usual.
As I understand it, even if we stop 100% of greenhouse gas emissions right now, we’re past the tipping point of self-sustaining climate change. Meaning we absolutely need carbon capture in some form as well as stopping emissions. This isn’t the solution on its own but it is a necessary part of the solution.
I appreciate that there are people out there trying to sell this as the solution, but don’t let that distract from the actual importance of carbon capture.
I would welcome being corrected about self-sustaining climate change if I’m wrong about this. It would be a load off my mind.
You’re correct. We need to plant trees too. Cut fossil emissions asap. But even that likely won’t be enough. Figuring out carbon capture is a worthwhile endeavor.
Yeah, basically what my partner says about this. She does climate adaptation research, and says we need carbon capture.
I just get so annoyed when this is presented as THE solution.
Honestly the fact that we aren’t treating climate change like a ww2 style economic all hands on deck type of situation says a lot about our species in my opinion. It just makes me sad bcz we could stop the worst climate change effects, and it seems like we kinda just don’t want to at this point.
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