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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 · 4d

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.

Gizmodo · 4d

Reddit Is Blocking the Wayback Machine From Archiving Posts

Reddit is limiting the Wayback Machine from indexing most of its site over concerns of unauthorized AI scraping.

3don MSN

Reddit is blocking Wayback Machine from archiving users' posts

The social media platform claims it's to protect users' privacy, but money appears to be the more motivating factor.

The Open Internet Is Closed for Business

This week, two of our most essential online institutions reckoned with major shifts in the operation and governance of the ...

4don 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.

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