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		remram on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gitlab Duo Their content policy says you can: > To request the removal of a content from the Software Heritage archive, you must file a formal request containing all of the following informations: > (...) > Please send your request by e-mail to takedown@softwareheritage.org https://www.softwareheritage.org/legal/content-policy/ The HN thread you posted even shows that they contacted the forge's admin week in advance to check for possible concerns.

dustyharddrive on April 24, 2024 [–]

Those are instructions to send a copyright infringement notice with tons of PII. We should have higher standards for "opt-out" than that, even for non-consensual data vacuums.

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