London, United Kingdom – E be like say UK don enter wahala for tech matter wey fit make everybody ginger small.
The system wey dey manage the news sites for UK don dey shout ‘No! No! No!’ like say dem be pikin wey no wan chop. Dem don block automated bots from collecting data because e too suspect. Na wah, abi dem too dey fear say robots go take over journalism?
As e be, News Group Newspapers Limited don release new rules wey talk say no body fit collect, access or mine any content without proper permission. E no go sweet to hear say your padi wey dey do data mining fit turn to criminal – we still dey collect gist for palm wine, no be so?
Dem talk say sometimes dem fit gree think say typical human behavior na machine behavior. Sometimes, you go just dey look the screen and the system go suspect you sey you be robot. Imagine you dey gist your friend and na wahala dey for ground, only for you to get block – e fit make person vex!
People don dey vex say dis one fit stop them from accessing important news wey dem want use collect gist for side hustle, but wetin dem go do? Dem go need to start dey work directly with the news organizations to get proper access. No more sharp sharp, even though everyone fit just want gist (running after news like hungry person for jollof).
The tech community don dey feel the heat as dem dey call for proper dialogue on how to make sure people fit still access news without falling into wahala. Wetin happen to ‘freedom of information’? Dis place fit turn to war zone if dem no balance am well.
For now, everybody dey look up to the tech experts wey go fit find solution wey go make sense, ’cause if we dey lose access to news, e fit be like say our brains go dey dry like suya wey no dey fresh again. Time dey go, but wetin we go fit do now? Just hope say dem go solve am well.
As e be now, dem don dey put security measures in place to prevent loss of information. But we still dey find wetin dey happen even as we keep enjoying our palm wine with hot gist!
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