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noyb files 5 complaints against Scale AI over worker surveillance in Europe

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noyb, in collaboration with several other organizations, has filed five complaints against Scale AI across Europe. The complaints allege that Scale AI's AI training platform, Outlier, illegally surveils European platform workers. Specifically, the company is accused of collecting extensive personal data and implementing invasive biometric verification for its over 900,000 freelance workers, violating fundamental data protection rights. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about data privacy and labor practices in AI training, potentially impacting how AI companies source and manage data globally.

RANK_REASON Regulatory action filed by a prominent privacy advocacy group against a major AI data provider. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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noyb files 5 complaints against Scale AI over worker surveillance in Europe

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Today, noyb (in collaboration with Intérêt à Agir, DIPLab and Reversing.Works) has filed 5 complaints against Scale AI in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Au

    “Today, noyb (in collaboration with Intérêt à Agir, DIPLab and Reversing.Works) has filed 5 complaints against Scale AI in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria. The US-based company operates an AI training platform named Outlier, which employs more than 900,000 “freelance” …

    LINKS noyb.eu/…/ai-training-platform-outlier-il…

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