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Judge Allows Blacked.com to Sue Meta Over AI Training Data Scraping

By PulseAugur Editorial · [5 sources] ·

A federal judge has ruled that Strike 3 Holdings, the company behind adult content sites like Blacked.com, can proceed with its lawsuit against Meta. The lawsuit alleges that Meta illegally scraped copyrighted pornographic videos to train its AI models. Meta's defense, which claimed rogue employees were responsible for downloading the content, was rejected by the court, which found evidence of a coordinated corporate effort. AI

IMPACT This ruling could set a precedent for how AI companies source training data and may lead to increased scrutiny of data scraping practices.

RANK_REASON A court ruling allowing a lawsuit against a major tech company for alleged copyright infringement related to AI training data.

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Judge Allows Blacked.com to Sue Meta Over AI Training Data Scraping

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COVERAGE [5]

  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Emanuel Maiberg ·

    Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn

    The judge found that Meta’s attempt to blame the pirating of thousands of Vixen.com and Tushy.com porn videos on rogue employees “strains credulity.”

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Judge allows Blacked.com to sue Meta for scraping its porn videos to train AI. Meta tried to blame rogue employees but court found evidence of coordinated corpo

    Judge allows Blacked.com to sue Meta for scraping its porn videos to train AI. Meta tried to blame rogue employees but court found evidence of coordinated corporate data collection. https://www. 404media.co/judge-rules-blacke d-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/ # Media # So…

    LINKS 404media.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-s…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · Some_Emo_Chick ·

    Judge Rules Blacked dot com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn https://www. 404media.co/judge-rules-blacke d-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/ # news # te

    Judge Rules Blacked dot com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn https://www. 404media.co/judge-rules-blacke d-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/ # news # tech # technology # AI # meta # metaai # aislop

    LINKS 404media.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-s…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn" Apparently a judge who has a minimum of tech knowledge for a change: "The judge said that Meta sugg

    "Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn" Apparently a judge who has a minimum of tech knowledge for a change: "The judge said that Meta suggesting that its IP addresses downloading all these files at the same time was the work of different individual Meta empl…

    LINKS 404media.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-s…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.404m edia.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its

    Judge Rules Blacked.com Can Sue Meta for Scraping Its Porn https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.404m edia.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/

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