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Mastodon user flags RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot for content scraping

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Two new bots, RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot, have been identified as potentially problematic by a Mastodon user. These bots, originating from RSS Amplifier and Brisk News respectively, are reportedly built by Profullstack, Inc. The user discovered that RSS Amplifier was crawling their ATOM feed and republishing the full content of their articles under its own banner. AI

RANK_REASON The item discusses bots that are scraping content, which is a common issue but not a significant industry event.

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Mastodon user flags RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot for content scraping

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    PSA on RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot I discovered two new bots in my server logs last week: RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot. They come from RSS Amplifier and Brisk

    PSA on RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot I discovered two new bots in my server logs last week: RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot. They come from RSS Amplifier and Brisk News respectively. Bot sites are built by Profullstack, Inc. I discovered that RSS Amplifier, unbeknownst to me, had bee…

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