Meta sues Voyager Labs, saying it created fake accounts to scrape user data
Summary
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Voyager Labs specializes in investigative software and services intended to help law enforcement and companies obtain information about suspects, among other uses. Metas complaint follows a similar a data-scraping court case involving LinkedIn and the enterprise startup hiQ, which the Microsoft -owned social network alleged was scraping user data to fuel its human resources software. That case caught the attention of privacy advocates and researchers who were concerned that the outcome could potentially harm the work of journalists and watchdog groups who use automation software to monitor public websites and hold companies accountable. Metas claims against Voyager Labs follows similar actions the social networking giant has taken against other companies it alleged to be scraping user data.
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