Digest: Google Sues Web Scraping Company; ByteDance Boosts Benefits Amid AI Talent War; FaceBook Tests Free Link Limit for Businesses
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Digest: Google Sues Web Scraping Company; ByteDance Boosts Benefits Amid AI Talent War; FaceBook Tests Free Link Limit for Businesses
"Google has filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, a company which provides access to web scraping tools that fetch data directly from search engines. According to Google, SerpApi has been acting unlawfully by using stealthy scrapers and shady back doors to conduct its scraping, circumventing Google's security measures to "take websites' content wholesale". Google claims that this activity has increased considerably over the past year."
"ByteDance, which was the top recruiter in China's AI industry this year, has announced improved benefits for its staff in efforts to retain and attract global talent. According to an internal letter sent to its staff on Friday, ByteDance announced it would be lifting both the upper and lower limits of compensation packages for employees at all seniority levels. It also said its bonus pool for the current year would be 35% larger than last year's."
Google has sued SerpApi, alleging the company used stealthy scrapers and back doors to scrape search results and bypass Google's security, taking website content wholesale. Google requests a court order to stop SerpApi's bots and scraping, and states the activity has grown considerably over the past year; Reddit previously sued SerpApi in October. ByteDance is increasing compensation flexibility by raising upper and lower pay limits, expanding this year's bonus pool by 35%, shifting from stock awards toward higher cash pay, shortening equity payout periods, and simplifying job grades into a ten-level system to enable future raises. Facebook is testing limits on how many links creators and businesses can post on the platform.
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