reddit internet - Search News

News

Internet is about to get a little worse

The internet is about to get a little worse as Reddit moves to block the Internet Archive so AI companies can't scrape its content

The internet, which was once a useful thing, is about to become a little less so: A new report from The Verge says Reddit is going to start blocking the Wayback Machine from indexing most of its content.

ZDNET · 3d

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.

1don MSN

We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It

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.

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results

News

Internet is about to get a little worse

We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It

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

Trending now