Confused. Are you saying that, if we took a light bulb (off) and a metal rod (0 charge) beside on another.
Then were somehow able to turn the light bulb on and apply a charge to the that rod at the same time. While also having a detector that can sense a photon and a change in electric field some equal distance away from the bulb and rod.
Then the photon (from the bulb) would reach our detector before the detection of the change in electric field (from the rod)?
Let's suppose the medium is just plain air, and not particularly humid.
Yes.
As a more common example, fiber optic cabling is known to transmit information significantly faster then copper.
I’m also a little confused by what you’re saying here; are you asking whether scraper bots are illegal, or whether they’re immoral/unethical?