Facebook Goes After Data Scrapers Via 2 Lawsuits

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is going after individuals and companies in the U.S. and Europe who use unauthorized automation software to glean personal information about users via a practice known as data scraping or to otherwise circumvent its terms of service. 

In a blog post Thursday, the tech stock said it, along with Facebook Ireland, sued MGP25 Cyberint Services and its founder in Spain for offering software that let users create fake likes and comments on Instagram, its photo-sharing social media network. The social media giant said the company, which operated out of Spain, continued to offer its service that circumvented Instagram's policies even after Facebook told MGP25 to cease and desist and shut down its accounts. 

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