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Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
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Fusion42 · 17 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Patreon is partnering with Cloudflare to actively block AI scraping bots, moving beyond passive robots.txt measures. The shift reflects growing sophistication in AI data harvesting and Patreon's expansion of discoverable content through new features like the Home Feed and Quips.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models and Creator Economy.
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If you're building AI training data infrastructure, platforms are now actively blocking you rather than asking nicely. Patreon's move with Cloudflare sets a technical precedent that other creators will copy—the era of robots.txt compliance is ending.
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