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The clause establishes operational boundaries for platform access by defining prohibited technical methods and third-party tools, thereby controlling how data and services can be accessed and the types of integrations permitted on the platform.
Users agree to access Craigslist only through approved means—specifically the Craigslist application, standard web browsers, and email clients—and may not employ automated collection methods or unauthorized third-party software to interact with account functions, posting, searching, or other platform features.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
You may not access the Services in any way other than through the currently available, published interfaces that we provide. For example, this means that you cannot scrape the Services without X's express written permission, try to work around any technical limitations we impose, or otherwise attemp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
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"You agree not to copy/collect CL content via robots, spiders, scripts, scrapers, crawlers, or any automated or manual equivalent (e.g., by hand). Unless licensed by us in a separate written or electronic agreement, you agree not to use or provide software (except our App and general purpose web browsers and email clients) or services that interact or interoperate with CL, e.g. for downloading, uploading, creating/accessing/using an account, posting, flagging, emailing, searching, or mobile use.— Excerpt from Craigslist's Craigslist Terms of Use
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The clause establishes operational boundaries for platform access by defining prohibited technical methods and third-party tools, thereby controlling how data and services can be accessed and the types of integrations permitted on the platform.
Users agree to access Craigslist only through approved means—specifically the Craigslist application, standard web browsers, and email clients—and may not employ automated collection methods or unauthorized third-party software to interact with account functions, posting, searching, or other platform features.
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