I am No Longer on Academia.edu

academia.edu has introduced new terms of service allowing them to use your Member Content and your personal information, including your name, voice, signature (!), photograph, and likeness, for any purpose forever. That is clearly a proposal to let them generate fake podcasts or videos of you talking about your work, powered by bullshit generators. To delete your account next time you log in, click “privacy policy” not “accept terms of service,” then put your mouse over your username in the upper right, then click “account settings” and look for the option to delete.
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