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Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They already can and do scrape literally every website. If you're putting data on the internet thousands of different companies and governments are collecting it.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I'm sure they do but depending on what they're collecting it's a legally grey area, while this is pretty much giving them permission to do it. And I for one have no intentions of making it any easier for them to make money off me.