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https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ai-crawlers-open-web-closing-the-conversation-media-freedom
As sites attempt to block AI crawlers, is the ‘open web’ closing?
Mar 4, 2026 - Tai Neilson expores how the 'open web' is potentially being made inaccessible by companies looking to profit off of data and the AI wave.
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https://www.haproxy.com/blog/how-to-reliably-block-ai-crawlers-using-haproxy-enterprise
How to Reliably Block AI Crawlers Using HAProxy Enterprise
Jan 9, 2025 - AI crawlers from large language model (LLM) companies often ignore the contents of robots.txt and crawl your site. Here's how HAProxy Enterprise can help.
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https://docs.netlify.com/build/build-with-ai/block-ai-crawlers/
Block AI crawlers and bots | Netlify Docs
Learn how to block AI crawlers and bots from accessing your site.
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