negativeSYS.SOURCE: TechPolicy.Press• 2026-10-27T18:42:55Z
Legislative Measures Targeting Web Crawlers May Undermine Public Interest Activities
Legislative efforts targeting 'stealth bots' risk undermining legitimate web scraping for journalism, research, and archival work by imposing broad identification requirements. The proposed bills fail to address AI-related harms while threatening foundational tools of the open web.
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