First in the Nation Legislation: New York Passes the “New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act,” Prohibiting Deceptive Bots from Accessing New York News Sites
This week the New York State Senate and Assembly passed landmark legislation (A.11292/S.9934A) protecting news media from being bombarded by deceptive “stealth crawlers” from unscrupulous tech companies ... Read More
Hearst Magazines President Elected News/Media Alliance Board of Directors Chair
The News/Media Alliance (NMA) has elected Debi Chirichella, President of Hearst Magazines, as its Board of Directors chair ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Applauds NY Senate for Passing First-of-its-kind Bot Transparency Legislation
The New York State Senate voted to pass the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act, a bill that would require transparency for online scrapers, prohibiting “bad bots.” ... Read More
News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content
The News/Media Alliance, representing a collection of leading news publishers, submitted a letter to Common Crawl demanding the archive site stop its unauthorized scraping and storage of content, and establish additional protocols to prevent publisher content in its database from ... Read More
