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Updated · Reuters · Jul 19Bright Data Blocks Reuters.com for 7 Days
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jul 19Summary
- Reuters.com remained inaccessible through Bright Data, which displayed a notice saying the target is blocked and users should try again in 7 days.
- Bright Data did not provide a reason for the restriction, leaving the scope and cause of the temporary block unclear.
- The latest notice matches a report published a day earlier, suggesting the access restriction is still in effect rather than newly resolved.
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Why is a top data scraping company now blocking a major news site? Is your home internet being used to scrape data and block news? Are data scrapers becoming the new gatekeepers of online information?