Meta Takes Legal Action Against Voyager Labs, Accuses It For Alleged Data Scraping

Meta Platforms, Inc META prosecuted Voyager Labs for allegedly faking accounts to scrape user data for business purposes.
Meta alleged that improper data gathered from Facebook, Instagram, and other sites like Twitter, Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL YouTube, and Telegram powered Voyager Labs' software, CNBC reports.
Voyager Labs specializes in investigative software and services.
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Voyager Labs allegedly created over 38,000 fake Facebook user accounts, helping it exploit publicly posted information from over 600,000 other users, including posts, likes, photos, and friends lists.
Meta eventually disabled over 60,000 Voyager Labs-related Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages, including at least 38,000 fake accounts.
Meta has sought damages and injunctive relief. It urged the court to force Voyager Labs to give up its ill-gotten profits.
Meta's complaint follows a similar data-scraping lawsuit involving Microsoft Corp MSFT LinkedIn and the enterprise startup hiQ.
After a years-long legal battle, LinkedIn and hiQ eventually settled in December 2022 with a $500,000 judgment entered against hiQ.
Price Action: META shares closed higher by 2.87% at $136.71 on Thursday.