"Twelve Nations Urge Social Media Giants to Tackle Illegal Data Scraping"

Twelve nations have issued a joint statement cautioning against using data scraping technologies to collect personal information from social media platforms and other online sites, which are required by local laws to protect their users' data. They note that data scraping is increasingly used to collect and process personal information from the Internet, raising significant privacy concerns because these technologies can be exploited for various purposes. According to the statement, these include data monetization through reselling to third-party websites, identity fraud, and intelligence gathering to facilitate malicious cyberattacks. The statement cites the respective data privacy agencies of Australia, Canada, the UK, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and more. This article continues to discuss a band of nations calling on social media platforms and websites that hold personal data to protect their users against illegal data scraping.

ZDNet reports "Twelve Nations Urge Social Media Giants to Tackle Illegal Data Scraping"