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bastawhiz on Feb 4, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook is terrifying

Devil's advocate: there's also no evidence that Facebook is spotting users in airport selfies and targeting ads based on that data.

Even if there were laws, it would be impossible to show whether or not they are (or aren't) complying.

I guess my point is, how would such a law be crafted to be a) reasonably enforceable and b) not impede on the rights of users who want such services

hacker_9 on Feb 4, 2017 | [–]

True but you don't train a neural network out of thin air; the data has to come from somewhere. I expect it would require radically new laws that target AI.

mattnewton on Feb 4, 2017 | [–]

Blur out people without explicit consent. Draconian, yes, enforceable, certainly.

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