▲ 526 ▼ At least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their content (www.mediapost.com) submitted 5 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 141 points 5 months ago* (3 children) Really? They think Internet Archive is the problem? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 67 points 5 months ago (1 child) They think AI companies are using it as a "backdoor" to scrape their content. Which is patently ridiculous, but that won't stop them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) reddit already allows AI to scrape the site, specifically google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago reddit already allows AI to scrape the site *for a fee If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit's content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that's what they're scared about. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 22 points 5 months ago They think they want their revenue streams permalink fedilink source parent [+] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago its thier excuse to silence dissent, when the time comes to censor overreaching "political trends" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 67 points 5 months ago (1 child) They think AI companies are using it as a "backdoor" to scrape their content. Which is patently ridiculous, but that won't stop them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) reddit already allows AI to scrape the site, specifically google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago reddit already allows AI to scrape the site *for a fee If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit's content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that's what they're scared about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) reddit already allows AI to scrape the site, specifically google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago reddit already allows AI to scrape the site *for a fee If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit's content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that's what they're scared about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago reddit already allows AI to scrape the site *for a fee If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit's content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that's what they're scared about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 22 points 5 months ago They think they want their revenue streams permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago its thier excuse to silence dissent, when the time comes to censor overreaching "political trends" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago its thier excuse to silence dissent, when the time comes to censor overreaching "political trends" permalink fedilink source parent