Reddit has announced it will block the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from indexing most of its pages, including post detail pages, comments, and user profiles, limiting access to only the homepage. This decision follows Reddit's discovery that artificial intelligence companies have been scraping user data from the Wayback Machine, violating Reddit's platform policies. Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed that while the Internet Archive provides a valuable service to the open web, AI firms have been using it to bypass licensing fees and collect data without authorization. The move aims to protect user privacy and curb unauthorized data scraping by AI companies, reshaping how online communities safeguard their content. The restriction effectively prevents the Internet Archive from archiving the majority of Reddit's content, impacting the preservation of the site's digital memory.