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New York Becomes First State to Ban Bots That Scrape News Sites (news.bgov.com)
submitted 12 hours ago by TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 17 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

The New York measure defines a stealth crawler as any software that retrieves, scrapes or otherwise accesses a website, including AI agents. Under the bill, the attorney general’s office would be able to sue companies that fail to disclose such activity. Violations could net civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day.

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

"This website or search engine is not designed for the state of new york" I assume is going to be a disclaimer we will be seeing soon.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Soooo, that means archive.is too. This fucking sucks.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I hope those tools are exempt because, just like a browser, they respond only to specific commands issued by a human user. They don't "crawl" pages in the way we describe bots that jump from page to page.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago

Isn’t there something like 340 news sites that actively block them already?

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Thanks, that becomes the cost of doing business. Harumph.