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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-28 20:31:10

As Reddit turns 20, a look at its AI efforts, including the Reddit Answers chatbot, while it battles unauthorized scraping of user data for AI training (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/06/28/reddit-20-…

At 20 years old, Reddit is defending its data and fighting AI with AI
After two decades, Reddit faces the emergence of AI chatbots that threaten to inhale its vast swaths of data and siphon its users.

@timbray@cosocial.ca
2025-06-12 17:50:20

I’ve long been a fan of the Check My Ads people. Now they’re launching a really ambitious-looking “Policy Platform” aimed at cleaning up the online-advertising business. My belief is that anyone who’s had much exposure to that business or to “AdTech” probably agrees that cleanup is called for. Check it out: checkmyads.org/policy/

Check My Ads Institute Policy Platform The digital advertising industry has grown into a $750 billion juggernaut. It is largely unregulated, deeply opaque, and increasingly harmful. Adtech companies extract personal data, enable fraud, and fund harmful and illegal content. These middlemen siphon value from advertisers and publishers while benefitting from the monetization of everything from AI-spam to sanctioned foreign propaganda—without advertisers evening knowing it’s happening. In this unch…