An Atlantic piece asks why Meta allegedly downloaded so much porn
hebelehubele · hn · 2026-07-25
An Atlantic piece argues that Meta’s alleged bulk downloads of porn are less a lurid curiosity than a window into how aggressively the company may have been assembling training data. The post frames the story as a mix of legal exposure, privacy questions, and the broader costs of AI-era data collection.
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