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Musk's Twitter Sues Data Scrapers For Overloading Servers and Profiting From User Data

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Overview

  • X Corp filed a lawsuit in Texas against 4 unnamed defendants accused of scraping Twitter data.
  • The lawsuit alleges the scraping flooded Twitter's signup page, straining its servers.
  • X Corp is seeking over $1 million in damages from the defendants.
  • The suit claims the defendants profited from selling the scraped Twitter user data.
  • Legal challenges may arise as previous rulings found scraping public data not illegal.