B
Evidence Grade B
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79%
79% -- share of news sites blocking ai training bots for leading news sites (2024-2025)
79% of leading news sites block at least one AI training bot.
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Evidence graded
Value
79%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2024-2025
Entity
Sample Size
100
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BuzzStream
Primary
Tier B
https://aiboost.co.uk/security-and-privacy-in-ai-seo/ ↗
Source Article
Security and Privacy in AI SEO
Original Research
BuzzStream
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Methodology
BuzzStream audit of 100 leading news sites
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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leading news sites: 79% share of news sites blocking ai training bots. Source: BuzzStream (2024-2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/news-sites-block-ai-training-bots
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