Civil Litigation,
Technology
Nov. 28, 2023
X Corp.’s lawsuit over scraping is attempt to silence, critics say
Despite being widely practiced for well over 20 years, digital scraping remains “one of the most vexing internet law topics,” law professor Eric Goldman said.
Several free speech groups have come to the defense of an organization that is being sued by X Corp. on claims that the group scraped information from the web platform, in violation of its terms of service
Digital scraping is a form of online data gathering that is almost as old as the internet itself, but which still lacks clear legal guidelines. “Scraping” refers to the process of extracting data from a digital source — typically large am...
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