What is data scraping?

Data scraping, or web scraping, is the process of extracting data from a website. Scraper bots are designed to derive information from these websites. A user designing a bot to extract data is called a scraper.

In October 2020, Facebook sued two companies in the U.S. for scraping data from its platforms in connection with an international data harvesting work.

Read more here: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/facebook-sued-two-companies-for-data-scraping-what-does-this-mean/article32800752.ece

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