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Meta defends using pirated material, claims it's legal if you don't seed content

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76% Informative

Meta AI firm accused of torrenting 82 TB dataset of pirated material from shadow libraries to train its AI models.

Claimed employees "took precautions not to "seed" any downloaded files.

Seeding in torrenting terminology refers to sharing a file with other users during, (or commonly after) downloading.

VR Score

72

Informative language

67

Neutral language

55

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

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Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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