Why Major News Sites Are Blocking The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine

Major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine to fight AI scrapers — and taking three decades of digital history with ...

The Internet Archive is in danger

More companies are opting not to archive their sites ...
The Next Web

News publishers are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to stop AI companies from using it

Over 241 news sites are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to prevent AI companies from using archived content for training.

Wayback Machine archiving snapshots plummet

The Wayback Machine only took 148,628 snapshots from those same 100 news websites' homepages between May 17 and Oct. 1, 2025.
9to5Mac

Internet Archive, aka the Wayback Machine, is under sustained DDoS attack

The Internet Archive is a Californian non-profit whose ambitious goal is to create a digital library of “all knowledge.” It is today almost synonymous with its best-known project, the Wayback Machine.
The Cool Down on MSN

30-year-old internet archive could become obsolete as New York Times, Reddit block content

"There's no question that the general locking-down of more and more of the public web is impacting society's ability to understand what's going on in our world." ...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet ...
techtimes

The Internet Archive, Wayback Machine Are Back Online After Cyberattack,But Is Read-Only

Immense DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks plagued The Internet Archive's operations last week, but the platform, including its renowned 'Wayback Machine,' is now back online after crucial ...