Due to the implications of the new "Article 13" law passed by the EU, Pushshift may have to block all EU IP addresses from all services until I can more thoroughly investigate the implications this new law will have on Pushshift and my own liability.
#datasciene #article13
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Ok, I’ll bite. How does article 13 potentially impact it? You’re just grabbing stats, right?
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#Article13 doesn't mean you can't tweet memes. It means YouTube can no longer steal from people.
But an even more useful thing would be blocking accounts on Twitter that repeat the same old crap. This would get rid of bots and weaken the far-right in one swoop
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That's a great question -- I'm also ingesting actual comments and submissions and it's possible that there could be some type of liability there but I'm still investigating. The last thing I want to do is deny service to the EU.
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Could you talk to platforms in question? folks in Boulder for example are usually very open and helpful. Other question could be: are you offering syndication, and if so, are you profiting from it in any way. These are just thoughts, I am not a lawyer.
GIF
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I'm reaching out to some organization to get some guidance. I should also probably ping Jason Scott to see what archive.org is doing here. This is great advice!
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Curious to see what you find out/decide. There’s a lot of unfounded hate for this regulation and I’m sure you’ll find a solution. All the best.
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I don't want to over-react -- this all reminds me of when the GDPR went live. I absolutely do not want to block EU IPs since a lot of universities from the EU use Pushshift.