LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from profiles
a day ago
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- LinkedIn filed a lawsuit against ProAPIs and its CEO Rahmat Alam for allegedly scraping data from millions of profiles using fake accounts.
- ProAPIs is accused of selling scraped LinkedIn user data, including posts, reactions, and comments, for up to $15,000 per month.
- The lawsuit claims ProAPIs creates hundreds to thousands of fake accounts daily, making it difficult for LinkedIn to stop the scraping activity.
- ProAPIs allegedly uses LinkedIn’s trademark to falsely suggest endorsement by the social network.
- Creating fake accounts and scraping data violates LinkedIn’s terms of service and undermines consumer privacy.