Ex-Meta researcher torrented pirated books dataset, deleted it 'due to litigation'
WesleyGrant782 · hn · 2026-10-31
TorrentFreak reports that a former Meta researcher torrented a pirated books dataset for research, then deleted it citing "all this litigation." The disclosure adds to the ongoing copyright battles over Meta's training data practices, where torrent usage has been a key piece of evidence in authors' lawsuits.
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