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News Publishers Take Paywall-Blocker 12ft.io Offline
The Verge's Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has "successfully secured" the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io's webhost took down the site on July ...
The Verge's Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has " successfully secured" the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. Software engineer Thomas Millar says he created the site when he realized "8 of the top 10 links on Google were paywalled" when doing research during the pandemic. "Publishers commit significant resources to creating the best and most informative content for consumers, and illegal tools like 12ft.io undermine their ability to financially support that work through subscriptions and ad revenue," News/Media Alliance president and CEO Danielle Coffey said in the press release.
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