Reddit-Google Deal Raises Users' Data Privacy Concerns
• Reddit selling user data to AI companies enables mass surveillance under a new guise • Terms of service allow raw user data to be sold to train AI models without meaningful user consent • Generative AI models compete based on training data volume and quality • Users lose control and ownership of their own data that they create on platforms like Reddit • Aaron Swartz, Reddit's co-founder, would likely oppose the Reddit-Google deal as undermining user privacy and control