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# Is scraping Hacker News data legal?

Social Fetch returns publicly visible HN data via HN's own public APIs and the public favorites page. You are responsible for how you use it under Y Combinator's terms, applicable law, and your own compliance review. We do not give legal advice.

Source: [Hacker News data API](https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/hackernews)

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