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Meta Sues US Subsidiary of Chinese Company for Scraping User Data

Meta Sues US Subsidiary of Chinese Company for Scraping User Data
The logo of Meta Platforms in Davos, Switzerland, on May 22, 2022. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
7/7/2022|Updated: 7/8/2022
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Meta is suing the U.S.-based subsidiary of a Chinese tech firm and one individual, which it accused of illegally scraping data from Facebook and Instagram.

“Today, we’ve filed separate actions in federal court against Octopus and Defendant Ekrem Ates for scraping data from Facebook and Instagram,” a Meta representative said in a statement on July 5.
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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