No. 0179
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European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds
Why it matters
A TollBit analysis shows European publishers face disproportionate AI scraping compared with North American sites, with robots.txt ignored more often. The disparity raises questions about why enforcement appears to differ by region despite stricter European rules on paper. Relevant to anyone weighing whether crawler policy actually protects content.
The source
Digiday
European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds
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