[mycall]

- Scraping faces to find missing persons: ethical

- Scraping photos to create deep learning VQGAN+CLIP art generator: ethical

.. we can go on and on, but we should all agree scraping is a useful tool that should never be outlawed.

[nsonha]

I don't think that it is outlawed though, at least in practical terms, no one is gonna sue you for scrapping government websites. You really only think about the legal aspect when you do it for commercial gains.

It would be interesting to know if that data can be used in a court case against a government agency though.