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New York Becomes First State to Ban Bots That Scrape News Sites
(news.bgov.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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I'm guessing it's to eliminate the issue of a site not getting clicks because the article you were about to read is already summarized for you. It also opens the door for revenue negotiations for allowing their content to be scraped for that purpose, as the scraper bots would now be identified.