#News publishers limit #InternetArchive access due to #AI scraping concerns | #NiemanJournalismLab
As part of its mission to preserve the web, the Internet #Archive operates #crawlers that capture webpage #snapshots. Many of these are accessible through its public-facing tool, the #WaybackMachine. But as AI #bots scavenge the web for training data to feed their models, the Internet Archive’s commitment to free information access has turned its digital library into a …
How A Handful of Court Cases Could Give the Government More Power Over Social Media
"Together, these cases raise crucial questions about the government’s power to control the flow of information in social media spaces. The outcomes of these cases will influence #journalists’ access to information and ability to hold powerful entities to account. " #NiemanJournalismLab
Between Montana’s TikTok ban and the Supreme Court’s consideration of whether to allow public officials to block private citizens and control content-moderation practices, the information landscape could be changing — for the worse
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