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Do their own scraping, for God's sake.

• pms 1y ago
  Except platforms don't allow it and have sued for it... https://www.google.com/search?q=x+sues+researchers https://www.google.com/search?q=x+sues+researchers
  • Esophagus4 1y ago
    It's a shame the legal system favors big money, because courts typically rule that scraping public data is not against the law[1]. In spite of how much the platforms protest. Sadly, big companies can bully the scrapers with nuisance lawsuits as long as they wear the scrapers down in legal costs before it gets to trial. [1]https://www.proskauer.com/release/proskauer-secures-dismissal-of-scraping-claims-against-bright-data https://www.proskauer.com/release/proskauer-secures-dismissa...
    • pms 1y ago
      That's exactly the reason why we need platform transparency and accountability regulation like the EU's DSA.
  • loeg 1y ago
    Good!
    • pms 1y ago
      Please elaborate.