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Instagram Takes Down IPA Due To The DMCA Violation

by TorrentFreak3mSeptember 14th, 2020
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Facebook-owned Instagram has taken down an independently developed API claiming that it violates the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. Instagram claims that the tool 'Instagram-API' allows unauthorized access to Instagram users' posts, which the company says are copyrighted works. The tool's developer says that it was the product of reverse-engineering, something he believes should be protected in today’s online privacy minefield. Instagram-API is code that was designed to emulate the official Instagram mobile app, allowing users to send and receive data.

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