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Facebook is suing a Ukrainian programmer for allegedly scraping and selling publically accessible accusation from millions of Facebook users.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday successful the Northern District of California federal court, accuses freelance programmer Alexander Alexandrovich Solonchenko of utilizing automated means to scrape telephone numbers and Facebook idiosyncratic IDs disconnected astir 178 cardinal accounts successful 2018 and 2019.
Solonchenko went connected to allegedly merchantability the information connected an online marketplace successful May 2021. The bulk of the stolen accusation belonged to users based successful the United States, according to the lawsuit.
Facebook argues that Solonchenko violated Facebook's presumption of service, which prohibit users from doing thing unlawful, misleading oregon fraudulent.
The tech elephantine has disabled Solonchenko's Facebook and Instagram accounts and revoked his entree to the company's websites. Its suit asks for a assemblage trial.
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