{
  "id": 15912,
  "url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-joins-18-civil-rights-organizations-calling-governor-hochul-reject-stealth",
  "title": "EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act",
  "summary": "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",
  "authors": "Rindala Alajaji",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T23:25:40.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "eff",
  "source_name": "EFF Deeplinks",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.eff.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15912",
  "original_url": "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-joins-18-civil-rights-organizations-calling-governor-hochul-reject-stealth",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}