Elon Musk's X Corp Loses Legal Battle Over Data Scraping Rights

A U.S. judge ruled against X Corp, emphasizing the public's right to access freely available online data.

Judge William Alsup dismissed X Corp's lawsuit against Bright Data, citing the legality of scraping publicly accessible data.
The court rejected X Corp's claims of copyright infringement and breach of user agreement by Bright Data.
This legal defeat marks another setback for X Corp, following similar unsuccessful cases against other entities.
Bright Data's CEO hailed the verdict as a victory for public access to online information.
The ruling underscores the tension between social media platforms' control and public data rights.