Google Sues Data Scraper Over Stolen Content

Google has initiated legal proceedings against SerpApi, a Texas company accused of extensively scraping data from its search results. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges that SerpApi employed hundreds of millions of fake Google searches to illicitly access and acquire copyrighted material on an "astonishing scale."

According to Google's complaint, SerpApi circumvented the company's data protection systems to steal valuable content, which it then reportedly sold to other entities. Google's general counsel stated that legal action is a last resort against such blatant abuses of their systems and protection measures.

This legal battle comes shortly after Reddit filed similar accusations against data scrapers, including SerpApi, for allegedly stealing content to train AI search engines. Google is seeking monetary damages and a court injunction to prevent SerpApi from continuing its alleged data harvesting.