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Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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I'm not talking about random awful things they've done I'm talking specifically about unauthorized access issues which is literally what you named as being the difference. Get some reading comprehension.
Correct, that is the difference between what I said and what the author said. The author is talking about scraping. Get some reading comprehension. You don't even have to read the article, it's literally in the title.
If an AI company ignores robot.txt exclusions and scrapes a site, then turns around and sells that content as a service, is that unauthorized access?
Yes.