LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data
What happened
加州联邦法官批准了 LinkedIn 与两家软件公司 ProAPIs 和 Netswift 的和解，要求它们停止批量抓取用户数据、删除已抓取的数据，并停止使用假账号。LinkedIn 去年起诉这两家公司，指控它们用数百万个假账号持续抓取会员、公司和学校信息，以及用户的反应、评论和帖子。LinkedIn 高管称这是重大胜利，强调用户数据不是给第三方用的。...
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- Hacker News front pageLinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data
A California federal judge approved a settlement between LinkedIn and two software firms, ProAPIs and Netswift, ordering them to stop mass scraping user data, delete scraped data, and stop using fake accounts. LinkedIn sued last October, alleging the firms used millions of bogus accounts to scrape member, company, and school info plus reactions and posts. A LinkedIn executive called it a major win, saying user data is not for third parties. ProAPIs stated it "does not offer tools to scrape LinkedIn" but agreed to the consent judgment. The post does not disclose the exact volume or use of scraped data.