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"path": "/2026/02/13/news-publishers-are-now-blocking-the-internet-archive-and-we-may-all-regret-it/",
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"textContent": "Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate concerns about bulk AI training with basic web accessibility. Not surprisingly, the situation has gotten worse. Now major […]",
"title": "News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It"
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