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Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
blog.curiousquail.com/im-upset-again-about-a-co-creator-of-rss-being-prosecuted-for-something-meta-is-doing-with-little-consequence/
Aaron was not charged with scraping public servers, he was charged with unauthorized access. He “hacked” the server. Meta just scraped publicly accessible information.
Aaron was not charged with scraping public servers, he was charged with unauthorized access.
This leaves a little context out (he was charged with unauthorized access to the campus network, not the JSTOR data) but it’s strictly accurate. It’s been downvoted so hard that it’s hidden? Shame on us.