LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data

A California federal judge finalized a court order requiring software companies ProAPIs and Netswift to stop mass scraping of LinkedIn user data, cease selling the scraped information, delete previously collected data, and stop using fake accounts to access the platform. LinkedIn filed the lawsuit after discovering the firms had created millions of bogus accounts that continuously scraped member profiles, company information, and user interactions faster than the company could block them. This settlement represents LinkedIn's latest legal victory against data scraping, a persistent problem for the social network.