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An artist says Meta's bots overwhelmed her website and left her scrambling to protect her business
Source: businessinsider.com
Technology & InnovationCybersecurity & Data Privacy
A Meta crawler bot visited a San Diego artist’s website more than 550,000 times in 48 hours, consuming 100% of the site’s traffic allowance and effectively taking it down. The report describes an impact on this artist’s website, not broader effects on Meta or other sites.
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