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    Reddit locks out Wayback machine to stop AI from scraping old posts

    Binu Mathew
    By Binu MathewAugust 12, 2025

    Reddit has announced that it will restrict the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to archiving only its homepage, blocking the tool from saving most of its site’s content. This change comes as a direct response to increasing concerns about AI companies scraping Reddit data through the Wayback Machine, possibly risking Reddit’s content policies and violating user privacy.

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