Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools

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  monriatitans · Member · Feb 28, 2024 at 4:27 am

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  https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

  I hope this isn’t true.
  If so, we better be automatically opted out.

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  staartmees · Member · Feb 28, 2024 at 6:51 am

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  That site is known for its sensational and clickbait-type stories. This is about a setting regarding the sharing of content that has been there for years – https://wordpress.com/blog/2024/02/27/more-control-over-the-content-you-share/; they take it out of context and blow it up.

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 28, 2024 at 12:01 pm

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  To be sure, it’s certainly a developing story (also picked up by The Verge), but the setting mentioned in that WordPress.com News announcement is brand new and is specific to Third Party Sharing.

  This option will prevent this site’s content from being shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models.

  You can learn more in this Support Guide

  https://wordpress.com/support/privacy-settings/#prevent-third-party-sharing

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  knowprose · Member · Mar 19, 2024 at 12:10 am

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  It’s legit, and it would appear that we were volunteered and THEN told how to stop volunteering. Definite trust issue.

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  staff-oikake · Staff · Mar 21, 2024 at 8:15 am

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  To opt out of sharing your site’s public content with third parties (including AI models), navigate to your site’s dashboard and click on Settings → General (or Hosting → Settings if using WP-Admin) on the left sidebar. Then under the Privacy section, tick the “Prevent third-party sharing” checkbox.
  
  Here you have more info about this:

  

  Privacy Settings

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  Your site’s Privacy settings control who can view your site, allowing you to make the site public, private, or “Coming Soon”. This guide explains each setting you can use on your site. Visit Settings Launch Your Site Launching your site means you are ready to share it with the world. To launch your site, go to Settings → General (or Hosting → Settings if using WP-Admin) and click the
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  knowprose · Member · Mar 21, 2024 at 10:47 am

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  The point is that people were volunteered by design without being asked.

  Get it? Got it? Good.