The Controversy of Data Scraping on Blue Sky

This chapter examines the release of a dataset containing one million posts from Blue Sky, igniting intense public backlash over privacy concerns and the ethical dilemmas surrounding data scraping. It discusses the implications of such practices in the context of AI and social media, as well as the unique situation of users migrating from platforms like Twitter. The conversation emphasizes the need for better consent mechanisms and the challenges of protecting user data on open platforms while balancing research needs.