- A dozen international privacy watchdogs, including the U.K.’s ICO and Canada’s OPC, have urged social media platforms to protect users’ data from scraping, citing it as a legal responsibility.
- The watchdogs warned of privacy risks such as data scraping for targeted cyberattacks, identity fraud and unauthorized political or intelligence gathering.
- Major companies like Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft and Sina Corp, have been sent copies of the statement to respond with steps they’ll take to meet the regulators’ expectations.
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