Re: [datameet] Views on DIA, Scraping, API Restrictions

2023-08-22 Thread Tarunima
Hi Nikhil. Thanks for such a detailed email. I apologize for the delay in replying to it. I think you raise an important point around bandwidth consumption for the entity hosting the data. And I appreciate the comprehensive list of solutions. Projects like Pushshift

Re: [datameet] Views on DIA, Scraping, API Restrictions

2023-07-27 Thread Nikhil VJ
Hi Tarunima I've not delved too deep into this stuff, but want to share some inputs about one problem that might be one root cause for these changes. Apologies in advance if this is under-informed: Problem There's a major cost factor in terms of bandwidth consumption for any kind of situation

[datameet] Views on DIA, Scraping, API Restrictions

2023-07-21 Thread Tarunima
Hi All, There have been a number of recent changes globally and nationally, in part triggered by Gen AI chat bots, that could restrict scraping. Listing the salient ones here: - India coming up with the Digital India Act which would bear on data access - EU releasing the Data Services