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by minhazm 696 days ago
It may not be quite that simple, see hiQ Labs vs LinkedIn[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn

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That's not about public data. Reference [7] talked about creating fake accounts to scrape.

> hiQ had prevailed on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) “unauthorized access” issue related to public website data but was facing a ruling that it had breached LinkedIn’s User Agreement due to its scraping and creation of fake accounts (subject to its equitable defenses).

https://natlawreview.com/article/hiq-and-linkedin-reach-prop...

So many useful stuffs in the comments. Thank you, will give this a read as well.
Will check it out thanks. I'm always ready to take down the site if TikTok reach out me to.