▲ 178 ▼ New York Becomes First State to Ban Bots That Scrape News Sites (news.bgov.com) submitted 5 months ago by TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (7 children) How will they enforce it? Pretty please? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com [S] 19 points 5 months ago (6 children) The New York measure defines a stealth crawler as any software that retrieves, scrapes or otherwise accesses a website, including AI agents. Under the bill, the attorney general’s office would be able to sue companies that fail to disclose such activity. Violations could net civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day. 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago "This website or search engine is not designed for the state of new york" I assume is going to be a disclaimer we will be seeing soon. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Soooo, that means archive.is too. This fucking sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago* I hope those tools are exempt because, just like a browser, they respond only to specific commands issued by a human user. They don't "crawl" pages in the way we describe bots that jump from page to page. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Isn’t there something like 340 news sites that actively block them already? permalink fedilink source parent [–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Thanks, that becomes the cost of doing business. Harumph. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 1 point 5 months ago If said companies dont fall under new York jurisdiction, what happens then? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com [S] 19 points 5 months ago (6 children) The New York measure defines a stealth crawler as any software that retrieves, scrapes or otherwise accesses a website, including AI agents. Under the bill, the attorney general’s office would be able to sue companies that fail to disclose such activity. Violations could net civil penalties of up to $15,000 per day. 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago "This website or search engine is not designed for the state of new york" I assume is going to be a disclaimer we will be seeing soon. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Soooo, that means archive.is too. This fucking sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago* I hope those tools are exempt because, just like a browser, they respond only to specific commands issued by a human user. They don't "crawl" pages in the way we describe bots that jump from page to page. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Isn’t there something like 340 news sites that actively block them already? permalink fedilink source parent [–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Thanks, that becomes the cost of doing business. Harumph. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 1 point 5 months ago If said companies dont fall under new York jurisdiction, what happens then? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago "This website or search engine is not designed for the state of new york" I assume is going to be a disclaimer we will be seeing soon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (2 children) Soooo, that means archive.is too. This fucking sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago* I hope those tools are exempt because, just like a browser, they respond only to specific commands issued by a human user. They don't "crawl" pages in the way we describe bots that jump from page to page. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Isn’t there something like 340 news sites that actively block them already? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago* I hope those tools are exempt because, just like a browser, they respond only to specific commands issued by a human user. They don't "crawl" pages in the way we describe bots that jump from page to page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago Isn’t there something like 340 news sites that actively block them already? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Thanks, that becomes the cost of doing business. Harumph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 1 point 5 months ago If said companies dont fall under new York jurisdiction, what happens then? permalink fedilink source parent