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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+from io import BytesIO
+
+import requests
+
+from torchdata.dataloader2 import DataLoader2, MultiProcessingReadingService
+from torchdata.datapipes.iter import HuggingFaceHubReader
+
+try:
+    import PIL
+    from PIL import Image
+except ImportError:
+    PIL = None
+    Image = None
+
+
+def has_no_watermark(x):
+    return x["pwatermark"] is not None and x["pwatermark"] < 0.8
+
+
+def is_sfw(x):
+    return x["punsafe"] is not None and x["punsafe"] < 0.5
+
+
+def load_image(url):
+    try:
+        r = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
+        return Image.open(BytesIO(r.content))
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def image_was_loaded(x):
+    return x is not None
+
+
+# For more information about the dataset see: https://laion.ai/blog/laion-5b/
+# name of the dataset to be used
+NAME = "laion/laion2B-en-joined"
+
+
+# As the dataset is too large to store locally we use a streaming approach
+def laion2b_en(name=NAME):
+    dp = HuggingFaceHubReader(name)
+    dp = dp.filter(has_no_watermark)
+    dp = dp.filter(is_sfw)
+    dp = dp.shuffle().sharding_filter()
+    dp = dp.slice(index=["TEXT", "URL"])
+    dp = dp.map(fn=load_image, input_col="URL", output_col="IMAGE")  # this needs multithreading
+    dp = dp.filter(filter_fn=image_was_loaded, input_col="IMAGE")
+    dp = dp.drop("URL")
+    dp = dp.batch(20)
+    return dp
+
+
+def print_label_and_copyright(label, image):
+    try:
+        try:
+            exif = image.getexif()
+            # 0x8298 is the EXIF-tag for copyright
+            copyright_info = exif.get(0x8298, "no info")
+        except Exception:
+            copyright_info = "EXIF data is corrupted"
+        if copyright_info != "no info" and copyright_info != "EXIF data is corrupted":
+            print(f"image {i}: {label=}, {copyright_info=} ")
+        else:
+            print(f"image {i}: {label=}")
+    except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError:
+        print(f"image {i}: corrupted")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    i = 0
+    dp = laion2b_en()
+    rs = MultiProcessingReadingService(num_workers=4)
+    dl = DataLoader2(dp, reading_service=rs)
+    for batch in dl:
+        for entry in batch:
+            print_label_and_copyright(entry["TEXT"], entry["IMAGE"])
+            i += 1