Reddit closes the “Internet Archive” access to its materials

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The platform explains this by the fact that II companies violate its rules, extracting data from copies of her web pages.

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Reddit announced the blocking of archiving his pages via Wayback Machine-the Internet Archive tool, which allows you to save copies of web pages. According to the representative of the company Tim Ratshmidt, the decision is due to the fact that "companies engaged in artificial intelligence violate the platform rules and extract data from the archive."

Now Wayback Machine will be able to index only the main page of reddit.com, that is, to save only a list of popular headlines. Pages with posts, comments and profiles - out of access:

“So far they will not be able to protect their site and comply with the rules of the platform (for example, respect user confidentiality, delete remote content), we limit their access to Reddit data to protect users.”

Previously, Reddit concluded a transaction with Google for $ 60 million per year for access to data for AI, and in June 2025 filed a lawsuit against Anthropic startup, accusing him of unauthorized Skraping. The company also plans to introduce a verification system to make sure that real users publish content.

Internet archive, in turn, expressed regret and announced the continuation of the dialogue with Reddit. The archive positions itself as the keeper of “cultural artifacts” and the digital memory of the Internet - but now this memory will become a little more fragmented.