Reddit is now blocking the Internet Archive (IA) from indexing popular Reddit threads after allegedly catching sneaky AI firms—restricted from scraping Reddit—instead simply scraping data from IA's archived content.

Reddit has blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from indexing most of its content, citing evidence that AI firms are using it to bypass licensing fees and scrape user data.

Reddit has announced to block the Internet Archive from indexing popular Reddit threads to prevent artificial intelligence firms from scrapping the content for training purposes. According