• nutomic@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Most Fediverse data is public so its very easy to scrape. Facebook wouldnt even have to implement any federation in their own platforms if thats their only goal.

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      on the other hand, it would be illegal to scrape masto data and use it to profile people for ads. If that geta reported, it could be sued hard

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        2 years ago

        When have scammers ever cared if something is legal? And corporations like meta can pay a lot more lawyers than you.