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X Corp. must face US antitrust claims in data-scraping case, judge rules

( April 18, 2025, 19:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Bright Data has plausibly alleged that X Corp. engaged in a monopolistic scheme that has limited access to public data through exclusionary agreements, a US judge ruled. District Judge William Alsup found that the relevant agreement contains an anti-“facilitation” term that bars X’s data customers (or any X user) from ever buying from a business that scrapes the public-square data X doesn't own from the webpages X publicly displays. The agreement also contains a “liquidated damages” term that threatens otherwise daring traders into submission. “It is plausible that no prospect browse-wrapped by such an agreement will buy from Bright Data or from any other scraper according to the commercial realities,” Alsup said. See attached file. ...

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