Musk’s X Corp. sues data scrapers for “severely taxing” Twitter’s servers - eviltoast
X Corp. lawsuit says unidentified scrapers forced Twitter to impose rate limits.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/446751

Alternative title: Musk sues data scrapers, blames them for Twitter’s “impaired user experience”

  • Chozo@kbin.social
    10·
    1 year ago

    Pretty sure Elon knows this is unwinnable. Data scraping isn’t illegal, unless you can prove that the scrapers intended to cause harm to Twitter in the process. He’s doing this to harass whoever made him make an embarrassing mistake with the rate limits. He has a history of spending a stupid amount of money to (unsuccessfully) save face.

    • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      1 year ago

      Also maybe twitter could show damages (and even then) but what the fuck kinda damages would this company have to be able to have a valid case?