Twelve nations urge social media giants to tackle illegal data scraping

Personal data that is publicly accessible is still subject to data protection and privacy regulations in most jurisdictions, the joint statement noted. 

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A band of 12 nations have issued a joint statement warning against the use of data scraping technologies to collect personal data from social media platforms and other online sites, which are required by local laws to safeguard their users' information. 

They note that data scraping increasingly is used to gather and process vast amounts of individuals' personal information from the internet, raising significant privacy concerns as these technologies can be exploited for various purposes. These include monetization through reselling of the data to third-party websites, identity fraud, and threat intel gathering to facilitate malicious cyber attacks, according to the statement. 

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