paroolSep 29, 2026, 14:23

Keep your hands off our texts: writers demonstrate at Meta's Dutch office against unlawful copying and distribution of texts

Journalists, writers, and translators protested at the Dutch headquarters of Meta on Tuesday to oppose the use of their copyrighted texts for training AI models. The participants demanded an end to unauthorized data scraping, arguing that their creative work should not be used for technological advancement without their consent.

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Based on reporting by parool. Translated and condensed by LocalHeadlines.

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