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Cloudflare CEO: Bots have overtaken human traffic online

June 5, 2026

For the first time, bots account for more web traffic than humans, according to Cloudflare data.

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Read moreCloudflare CEO: Bots have overtaken human traffic online
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Creative Commons warns pay-to-crawl could become the new DRM

December 16, 2025

The nonprofit offers seven principles to prevent 'pay-to-crawl' from becoming a new form of DRM.

Read moreCreative Commons warns pay-to-crawl could become the new DRM
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