"Nine out of 10 news websites in Brazil lack protocols to prevent data collection by artificial intelligence companies, allowing their content to be used to train large language models.
According to the study 'The Protocol Gap,' released this Thursday (March 12, 2026), 93% of the 4,025 news websites in the country analyzed do not have specific guidelines for blocking AI agents through a feature known as robots.txt, although 75% of the outlets have this type of file on their websites.
The survey was conducted collaboratively by the Journalism Relay Project*, Momentum, and the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM). The media outlet data comes from Atlas da Notícia."
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Translated via AI and reviewed by Leonardo Coelho
