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EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act

EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act . The letter states: While framed as a measure to protect local journalism, this legislation harms free expression and establishes a dangerous precedent by effectively deanonymizing and criminalizing automated access to the open web. By requiring all web crawlers to disclose their identity and explicit purpose, and by

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Published: 3 August 2026
Source: EFF Deeplinks
Category: Field notes
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 4 August 2026

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ethics.ai (3 August 2026), “EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act,” evidence record 15912, https://ethics.ai/record/15912 (originally published by EFF Deeplinks).

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