Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping

September 29, 2026

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Executives from Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, USA Today Co., and The Seattle Times will be among more than 300 news publishers heading to Washington D.C. today to press Congress to crack down on “bad bots” that scrape their content for AI training without permission.

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Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping

More than 300 publishing execs are heading to Washington, D.C to push Congress to crack down on AI bots that scrape their content without permission.

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