Reddit to update web standard to block automated website scraping

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Reddit to update web standard to block automated website scraping
Reddit will update a web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems. The move comes at a time when artificial intelligence firms have been accused of plagiarising ...

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