European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds
European publishers face more AI bot scraping, fewer referrals and more ignored robots.txt rules than North American sites, report finds.
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Published: 14 August 2026
Source: Digiday (AI/media)
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 14 August 2026
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