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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/det/statuses/112610136883080131">David Thiel (det@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 02:35:29 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@det" title="det@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/153054-48-20230724230415.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="David Thiel" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">David Thiel</a></section><article><p>So apparently last September Meta sent C&amp;Ds to every open-source project that implemented a Threads API client, basically precluding development of tools that provide any kind of research access. First time I've seen a platform take this tack, and it's pretty obnoxious; particularly given the lack of any dedicated research API.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/junhoyeo/threads-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/junhoyeo/threads-api</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3236866#notice-6389238">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-06-14T02:35:29+09:00" title="Friday, 14-Jun-2024 02:35:29 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@det/112610136883080131" rel="external" title="Sent from hachyderm.io via ActivityPub">hachyderm.io</a></span></span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@det/112610136883080131">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2779293">Dear Junho Yeo: We represent Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta,” previously known as Facebook, Inc.), based in Menlo Park, California. Meta operates, among other services, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Meta has gathered evidence that you are distributing, through the GitHub repository “threads-api,” code that improperly facilitates scraping of Threads. You describe “threads-api” as a “Reverse-Engineered . . . client for Meta’s Threads.” You also publicize and distribute apps that utilize your unauthorized client. These activities violate Instagram and Threads terms. Meta demands that you stop these activities immediately. Meta takes the protection of the user experience very seriously, and it is committed to keeping its products safe for users to interact and share information. It has developed terms and policies to protect the user experience and facilitate these goals. Instagram and Threads terms prohibit, among other things: e Accessing or collecting users’ content or information via automated means without Meta’s prior permission;</a></label><br><a href="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/610/130/899/140/267/original/49d76ca29b4a911a.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/610/130/899/140/267/original/49d76ca29b4a911a.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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David Thiel (det@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 02:35:29 JST David Thiel
So apparently last September Meta sent C&Ds to every open-source project that implemented a Threads API client, basically precluding development of tools that provide any kind of research access. First time I've seen a platform take this tack, and it's pretty obnoxious; particularly given the lack of any dedicated research API.
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1. Dear Junho Yeo: We represent Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta,” previously known as Facebook, Inc.), based in Menlo Park, California. Meta operates, among other services, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Meta has gathered evidence that you are distributing, through the GitHub repository “threads-api,” code that improperly facilitates scraping of Threads. You describe “threads-api” as a “Reverse-Engineered . . . client for Meta’s Threads.” You also publicize and distribute apps that utilize your unauthorized client. These activities violate Instagram and Threads terms. Meta demands that you stop these activities immediately. Meta takes the protection of the user experience very seriously, and it is committed to keeping its products safe for users to interact and share information. It has developed terms and policies to protect the user experience and facilitate these goals. Instagram and Threads terms prohibit, among other things: e Accessing or collecting users’ content or information via automated means without Meta’s prior permission;
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