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News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It

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Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate concerns about bulk AI training with basic web accessibility. Not surprisingly, the situation has gotten worse. Now major…

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News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It

Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate concerns about bulk AI training with basic web accessibility. Not surprisingly, the situation has gotten worse. Now major…

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Techdirt broke the news in on Friday, February 13, 2026.
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