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Cloudflare Helps Protect Independent Journalism and Non-Profits From AI Crawlers–For Free
SAN FRANCISCO, September 23, 2025--Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced it is expanding Project Galileo to help nonprofits and independent media monitor and control how AI services are accessing content on their websites. Participants in the program—which includes 750 journalists, independent news organizations, and other non-profits supporting news gathering around the world—will have access to Cloudflare’s Bot Management and AI Crawl Control ser
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