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Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers' access to data, EU commission rules

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187 points anigbrowl | 2 comments | 29 Oct 25 22:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hexage1814 ◴[29 Oct 25 23:46 UTC] No.45754618[source]▶
Do their own scraping, for God's sake.
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pms ◴[29 Oct 25 23:51 UTC] No.45754655[source]▶
Except platforms don't allow it and have sued for it...

https://www.google.com/search?q=x+sues+researchers

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1. Esophagus4 ◴[30 Oct 25 00:12 UTC] No.45754807[source]▶
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-dismissa...

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2. pms ◴[30 Oct 25 11:25 UTC] No.45758798[source]▶
That's exactly the reason why we need platform transparency and accountability regulation like the EU's DSA.