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The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF

The ability to access publicly available information using automated tools is a central value and benefit of a free and open internet. Automated access—often called crawling or scraping—powers important, useful tools for locating, preserving, and analyzing online information. For example, crawling...

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Jun 22 at 8:06pmTypefully
Show threadMary HolstegeJun 22

@eff Speaking as someone whose tiny website has been absolutely destroyed by AI bots, all this "may impact" soft pedaling of the damage rings hollow.

I don't disagree with the bias for the open web, but you don't get there by downplaying the actual harm being done