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Kate J Community Member

Not sure if job is breaking tos

I had accepted to interview. Before the interview the job description was very vague. After I accepted, during the interview, the person finally told me that they need picture of me to help their AI with machine learning. I'm not sure if this is a scam(I don't know what they will do with my pictures), and i'd like to know if sending pictures of myself to them is breaking up work's ToS. Thanks

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Jonathan L Community Member

It's not a violation of the ToS, but I recommend that you refuse the job. I think that it is more likely that the Client is gathering photos for nefarious purposes like fake ID's. There is already a vast amount of photos of human faces of all ages and ethnicities available via the web, so there is no need to pay many individuals to send a single photograph. Machine learning requires thousands, even millions, of images for good results. I sincerely doubt this person is going to pay $5000 for one thousand selfie photos ($5 minimum x 1000 hires).

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Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Kate,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I shared your report with our team to investigate and take action based on our internal processes. In the future, feel free to use the "Flag as Inappropriate" option throughout the site to report any suspicious activity.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep