A massive data scrape just exposed metadata from 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, now sitting completely free on Hugging Face. This highlights a growing privacy crisis in Web2 data harvesting. As centralized platforms fail to lock down private APIs, the intersection of big data, AI training, and decentralized identity solutions becomes more critical. Expect stricter data regulations and a massive push toward blockchain-based provenance for content and identity verification soon. #Web3 #DataPrivacy #AI