Tarunima Prabhakar believes that scraping publicly available data should be not just permitted, but actively defended. But what counts as "public"? Is scraping an act of theft? And how should researchers, platforms, and policymakers navigate these blurry lines?
Tarunima is the co-founder and Executive Director of Tattle, a civic tech organization tackling misinformation on the internet. She has a strong background in computer science, public policy, and public interest technology.
