Facebook sued a U.S. court last week against Ensar Sahinturk, a Turk who used Instagram (IG) public content to create a fake IG website, accusing Sahinturk of using automated software to mine more than 100,000 IG users between 2012 and 2019 IG’s documents and contents, and posted them on 20 counterfeit websites he set up, violated IG’s trademark, violated the terms of use of Facebook and IG, and compromised the privacy of IG users. Before
wants to search for IG user content, Sahinturk must first create an IG account, and then start requesting IG user information with automation software. According to a Facebook survey, Sahinturk has created at least 10 personal accounts and used about 30,000 accounts to capture the contents of public IG accounts, including personal files, photos, videos, and locations. At the same time, Sahinturk also applied for at least 20 URL to host these content and attract users to visit, the purpose is to create advertising revenue.
Facebook stated that the website created by Sahinturk allows users to view and search IG personal information on the site, and does not need to comply with IG’s existing terms of use. It also provides storage functions that IG does not provide, allowing users to download IG users. Photos and videos. Before
went to court, Facebook tried to stop Sahinturk’s behavior, sending several "cease and desist" letters asking him to stop such behavior, and also closed 30,000 accounts related to Sahinturk, but Sahinturk is still the same as me, let Facebook decide to adopt the legal approach.
