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LinkedIn 'scraping' case remanded by US Supreme Court back to Ninth Circuit

By Mike Swift ( June 14, 2021, 14:48 GMT | Insight) -- The US Supreme Court remanded a decision that allows hiQ to continue to "scrape" LinkedIn’s public profiles, in a closely watched case that could determine the degree to which online platforms can restrict competitors from autonomously harvesting, copying and analyzing content posted publicly by their users. The justices told the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review its earlier decision in the LinkedIn case in light of their recent ruling in Van Buren v. United States, which dealt with the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act.The US Supreme Court today remanded a federal appeals court decision that allowed the continued "scraping" of LinkedIn’s public profiles, in a closely watched case that could determine the degree to which online platforms can block or restrict competitors from autonomously harvesting, copying and analyzing content posted publicly by their users.  ...

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