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Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots
A new essay argues that efforts to wall off the open web—such as paywalls, logins and bot-blocking measures—will not stop malicious automated traffic, and may instead harm legitimate users, researchers and smaller sites. The piece contends that bad actors will always find ways around restrictions, so locking down access punishes good-faith visitors without solving the underlying problem. It is prompting debate about how the web should handle crawlers and abuse.
Why now: Renewed concern over bots, scraping and access restrictions on the open web is driving discussion of how to address automated abuse without closing off the internet.
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