Why tech site 404 Media began requiring email address from readers

Hanaa Tameez of Nieman Lab writes about 404 Media, the new tech news site founded by four former members of Motherboard. Tameez writes, “Until January, most stories from 404 Media were available to read for free. But after the four cofounders discovered — through their own reporting — that their stories were being scraped, paraphrased by AI text […]