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Re:Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their web... by spiderfarmer on Friday October 16, 2026 @01:51AM (#50114571)
Big Tech will tell you that you care too much.
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Re:Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their web... by bluGill on Friday October 16, 2026 @10:26AM (#50118761)
They will.

However some court will eventually tell them no. Big tech has gotten away with a lot, and courts try to be hands off. However eventually the power rests with the government not big tech and so when the courts decide to act they can strike much harder than big tech.

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