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Law professor Eric Goldman hosts Reddit AMA on web scraping legality

Internet law professor Eric Goldman participated in a Reddit AMA with r/WebScrapingInsider, answering questions about the legal landscape of web scraping in the United States. He opened by clarifying his remarks were general legal information, not legal advice, and noted his focus was strictly on US law. Goldman described his background as an internet law generalist teaching since 1996, covering scraping and trespass-to-chattels doctrines as part of a broader portfolio including UGC liability, trademark law, and Section 230.

X Corp forces XCancel, a Twitter/X alternative front-end, to shut down

XCancel, a third-party viewer that let users browse X (formerly Twitter) content without logging in or dealing with X's interface restrictions, has gone offline. The site's operators posted a notice saying they received a cease-and-desist letter from X Corp on August 24 and halted the service while they seek legal advice.