YIL: robots.txt data scraping prevention.
robots.txt says what to datascrape.

Specifically, if the following text is written
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Everything is read and accessed.
Only password protected content is not (!hacked).

However, if the sext is
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Then the content is not publically listed. Link required.

They root files, that all bots try to access first for instruction. Any other folder its useless.

#AI #Bots #DataScraping #Privacy #Security #DataSovereignty

Scraping 241 UK council planning portals - 2.6M decisions so far

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47931470

#HackerNews #Tech #DataScraping

#Reuters Apr14, 2026

#Italian court allows #ClassAction against #Meta over #Facebook #DataScraping

A #Milan court Tuesday accepted class action brought by a consumer group against #Meta Platforms over the theft of #PersonalData suffered by Facebook #Italy

According to the court order, the data scraping incident, which took place between January 2018 and ⁠September 2019 and was disclosed by Meta in 2021, affected around 533 million Facebook users globally.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/italy-court-allows-class-action-against-meta-over-facebook-data-scraping-2026-04-14/

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/09/youtubers-sue-apple-for-scraping-videos-to-train-ai-xcxwbn/

YouTubers Sue Apple for Scraping Videos to Train AI Models

#AI #Apple #YouTube #GenAI #AITraining #AIModels #DataScraping #Copyright #Lawsuits #FairUse #BigTech #AIEthics

I'm slightly creeped out but not surprised. I was editing a music score on my laptop recently and I added an instruction to play the piece "robotic". The next time I logged into Indeed, the first job recommendation to come up is for Robotics Operator. Is Indeed scraping data from my recent documents for keywords?

Always check your firewall.

#scraping #datascraping

Get Property Intelligence Powered by Real Estate Data Scraping Services

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#realestatedata #datascraping #propertyinsights #datasolutions

🚀 Want to dive into data scraping? Check out MediaCrawler by NanmiCoder! This powerful tool lets you harvest comments and content from popular platforms like Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Weibo, Baidu Tieba, and Zhihu. Perfect for learning and research—just remember to use it responsibly! 📊💻

Explore more here: https://github.com/NanmiCoder/MediaCrawler

#DataScraping #TechTools #OpenSource

The “17.5 million Instagram user data leak” making rounds in 2026? Old news

The data from 2022 was already leaked in 2023.

We broke down all 3 dumps - same records

Don’t fall for clickbait reports!

Read: https://hackread.com/instagram-user-data-leak-scraped-records-2022/

#Instagram #DataLeak #Cybersecurity #Privacy #DataScraping

How Data Scraping Powers Dynamic Pricing

Data scraping helps businesses track market trends, competitor prices, and demand changes in real time. Access to structured, reliable data supports smarter pricing decisions, improves analytics, and strengthens AI models while maintaining data quality and compliance.

Read more: https://www.habiledata.com/blog/how-data-scraping-powers-dynamic-pricing/

#DataScraping #BusinessIntelligence #Ecommerce