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Reddit blocks the Internet Archive from crawling its data - here's why

The Wayback Machine will now only be able to scrape data from Reddit's homepage, according to The Verge, while access to user profiles, comments, and post detail pages will be blocked.

Ars Technica · 1d

Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping

Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA's archived content.

Yahoo · 18h

Reddit halts the Wayback Machine because of AI scrapers

Despite making innovations in the fields of SPAM and techno-psychosis, AI is damaging one of the internet's greatest resources.

10h

Reddit blocks Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from scraping its data: What is it?

Reddit has blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from indexing most of its content, citing evidence that AI firms ...

1don MSN

It's About to Get Harder to Read Old Reddit Threads, and You Can Blame AI

Reddit will now block the Internet Archive from indexing most of the site, blaming AI companies for scraping Reddit archives to get around paying for training data.

6don MSN

As AI Changes Internet Search, Reddit Lies in a Sweet Spot

Reddit’s human conversations make it a surprising winner in AI’s machine age.

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