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BBC threatens Perplexity with legal action over content scraping

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:40:01 +0000

The BBC is the latest news publisher to take issue with Perplexity scraping its content for free. It has outlined several options that Perplexity can take. Read more...

Hackers using tool that downloads inboxes of Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft Outlook

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:10:02 +0000

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been running tests on a rather simple but effective tool that can download complete inboxes of popular services including Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Outlook. Read more...

Scraping data from websites is not hacking or a crime, rules Appeals Court in US

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:42:01 +0000

Scraping data from websites that are publicly accessible does not constitute 'hacking', ruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving LinkedIn. This ruling could set a precedent. Read more...

Meta will now award bounties for scraping bugs and scraped datasets

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:38:01 +0000

Meta has announced that it will be offering bounties for scraping bugs and scraped datasets related to its products. The latter features a unique system that does not offer monetary bounties directly. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Facebook explains how it is fighting against data misuse and illegal scraping

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 May 2021 04:42:01 +0000

In a blog post, Facebook has highlighted its efforts in preventing data misuse and unauthorized scraping. It aims to block illegal scraping at scale without compromising on the platform's features. Read more...

Google denies scraping content from lyrics website

Usama Jawad — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:56:01 +0000

After being accused by a popular lyrics website of stealing content, Google has made a public statement which vehemently denies any wrongdoing, including illegally scraping content from websites. Read more...