Scraping user data to train AI models is a growing concern, and Mastodon has responded by banning the use of its content for such purposes.
  • anothermember@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 days ago

    That’s a really misleading headline; a Mastodon instance has done this, Mastodon as a whole can’t do this because it’s free software, it can be used for any purpose.

      • anothermember@feddit.ukEnglish
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        7 days ago

        It wouldn’t be a free software licence by the FSF definition (rule zero). Of interest the FSF rejects the original JSON licence because it contains the clause “The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.” Since Mastodon uses AGPL, it wouldn’t be compatible.