Meta sues Chinese company’s US subsidiary for scraping Facebook and Instagram data

Meta sues Chinese company’s US subsidiary for scraping Facebook and Instagram data

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https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/meta-sues-chinese-companys-us-subsidiary-for-scraping-facebook-and-instagram-data/

Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced that it’s suing the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese tech company, accusing it of offering data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram.

The social networking giant also revealed that it’s suing an individual, who the company alleges set up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from some 350,000 Instagram users.

Meta sues Chinese company’s US subsidiary for scraping Facebook and Instagram data

Jul 6, 2022, 11:29am UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/meta-sues-chinese-companys-us-subsidiary-for-scraping-facebook-and-instagram-data/ > Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced that it’s suing the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese tech company, accusing it of offering data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. > The social networking giant also revealed that it’s suing an individual, who the company alleges set up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from some 350,000 Instagram users.