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Facebook Suspends Apps That Scrape Data From Its Platform Following Cambridge Analytica Scandal

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Facebook announced on September, 20th, that it has suspended tens of thousands of apps from interoperating with the Facebook platform alleging misuse of Facebook members’ personal data. This is a continuation of the Cambridge...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking software; LinkedIn’s “scraper” lawsuit; FTC’s upcoming crackdown on social influencers

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Facebook introduced technology that disables ad blockers used by people who visit the platform via desktop computers, but Adblock Plus has already foiled the platform’s efforts, at least for now....more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

QVC Sues Shopping App for Web Scraping That Allegedly Triggered Site Outage

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Operators of public-facing websites are typically concerned about the unauthorized, technology-based extraction of large volumes of information from their sites, often by competitors or others in related businesses. The...more

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