300 Publishers Press Congress for AI Bot Scraping Disclosure Rules
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Condé Nast and Hearst are among the 300 publishers who, in a lobbying campaign reported on September 30, 2026, ask Congress to regulate the scraping of unreported AI bots. In the viewfinder there are unidentified bots that collect the contents of the sites without declaring themselves. The publishers support a bill [...]
300 Publishers Press Congress for AI Bot Scraping Disclosure Rules
Condé Nast and Hearst were among 300 publishers pressing Congress for AI bot scraping regulation, in a lobbying effort reported on September 30, 2026. Their target: unidentified bots that collect website content without disclosure. The publishers support a bipartisan bill that would require those...
Mashable: Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 publishers pressuring Congress to ban bot scraping
Mashable: Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 publishers pressuring Congress to ban bot scraping. “Executives from iconic publications like Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Vanity Fair are descending on Washington to lobby for another AI regulation bill, this time tackling the threat AI poses to their bottom lines and longevity.”
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