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Web scraper sued by Google claims Google is the one scraping the web

Emma Roth

created: Feb. 20, 2026, 8:06 p.m. | updated: Feb. 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m.

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google also alleges that SerpApi found a way to bypass its anti-scraping SearchGuard feature. This, of course, is exactly what Google does.

2 days, 5 hours ago: The Verge