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epochtimes.com · United States · measured 9 Oct 2026

Google Search
Allowed
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Blocked
OpenAI
Blocked
Anthropic
Blocked
Perplexity
Partial
Meta
Blocked
Common Crawl
Blocked
ByteDance
Blocked
Apple
Blocked
Amazon
Blocked

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As read on 9 Oct 2026, 8,230 bytes. 4 rule groups name AI crawlers; shown first.

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Changes recorded since June 2026.

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In context

United States
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