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AI data wars push Reddit to block Wayback Machine

AI data wars push Reddit to block the Wayback Machine
AI scraping concerns are driving Reddit to restrict the Internet Archive to only its homepage, cutting off post and comment archives.
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.
Reddit blocks non-profit Wayback Machine from archiving the site
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is one of the most valuable free services available on the web, ensuring that
Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the latest victim of Reddit's crackdown on data access. The company has begun to place new restrictions on what the archive site will be able to access in a move that will significantly limit the Wayback Machine's ability to preserve information from Reddit.
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.
Reddit Blocks Wayback Machine to Thwart AI Scrapers
Reddit has cut off the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving most of its site, in a bid to curb artificial intelligence scrapers from pulling its content without permi
Reddit Blocks Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine Over AI Data Scraping Concerns
Reddit has moved to restrict the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from indexing most of its platform after identifying that some artificial intelligence companies have been using archived Reddit content for data scraping in ways that violate its policies.
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.
Internet to get even worse after Online Archives lose access to Reddit
Reddit will block the Internet Archive and Wayback Machine from saving pages from subreddits. The reason is said to be the use of the archive by companies training artificial intelligence.
Reddit (RDDT) Blocks Wayback Machine to Prevent AI Scraping
Reddit (RDDT) has beef with the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a source that allows users to visit archived and historical versions of websites from across the internet. The social media platform has blocked the Wayback Machine from archiving its website,
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.
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5 ways to use the Wayback Machine for SEO - Search Engine Land

Using the Wayback Machine, it’s easy to discover legacy versions of key content from previous site versions. You can then find URLs to redirect that you would have likely never discovered otherwise.
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None of This Is Normal

I used to use the website, the Wayback Machine, to find incriminating teenage poetry on long-lost LiveJournal accounts ...