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ArtStation says it is using Cloudflare bot-management and AI-crawler tools to identify and block known crawlers and automated scraping.
What changed
The announcement concerns access blocking, beyond a NoAI declaration alone.
The platform acknowledges that public works may still be scraped. Deployment dates, coverage and effectiveness have not been independently verified.
Editorial research question
Studying this alongside tags can reveal the relationship between policy and technical protection.
This is an editorial interpretation or question, separate from factual statements.
Evidence & sources
ArtStation says it is using Cloudflare bot-management and AI-crawler tools to identify and block known crawlers and automated scraping.
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Case
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The illustrated 2023 commentary, a full English translation and a separate editor’s note.