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Cloudflare tells AI web crawlers to pay up or go away

Giving content away for web clicks "just doesn't make sense anymore" says CEO.

Noah Bovenizer

Jul 02, 2025 - 2 min read

Cloudflare stepped up its technology to block crawlers. Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/@igalness

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