# Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them |

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**Created:** [July 18, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://minxmafia.discourse.group/t/patreon-stops-asking-ai-bots-not-to-scrape-and-starts-blocking-them/1022 "2026-07-18T20:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![minx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/minxmafia.discourse.group/minx/32/2694_2.png) [@minx](https://minxmafia.discourse.group/u/minx)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://minxmafia.discourse.group/t/patreon-stops-asking-ai-bots-not-to-scrape-and-starts-blocking-them/1022/1 "2026-07-18T20:43:13Z")

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Patreon is gonna be that “it girl” soon. I recently went back to it.

It’s been patreon, discord and threads.

> **[Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them |...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/patreon-stops-asking-ai-bots-not-to-scrape-and-starts-blocking-them/)**
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> Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively...

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