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robots.txt · checked 9 Nov 2026

Does amnesty.org block AI crawlers?

Yes. amnesty.org’s robots.txt blocks 2 of the 19 AI crawlers we track, including PerplexityBot and CCBot. It also blocks Bingbot among search engines.

GPTBotAllowed OAI-SearchBotAllowed ClaudeBotAllowed PerplexityBotBlocked Google-ExtendedAllowed CCBotBlocked

robots.txt: www.amnesty.org/robots.txt · 85 lines
llms.txt: none
Checked: 9 November 2026, as canaicrawl. We check again every week.

Every bot, and the line that decides

Search engines

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`Googlebot`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bingbot`	Microsoft	Blocked	line 67 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: bingbot`
`DuckDuckBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Applebot`	Apple	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`PetalBot`	Huawei	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YandexBot`	Yandex	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Baiduspider`	Baidu	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI search

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`OAI-SearchBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`PerplexityBot`	Perplexity	Blocked	line 79 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: PerplexityBot`
`Claude-SearchBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DuckAssistBot`	DuckDuckGo	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Amazonbot`	Amazon	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`YouBot`	You.com	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

AI training

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`GPTBot`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`ClaudeBot`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Google-Extended`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`CCBot`	Common Crawl	Blocked	line 67 · `Disallow: /` under `User-agent: CCBot`
`Applebot-Extended`	Apple	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`GoogleOther`	Google	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalAgent`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Bytespider`	ByteDance	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

User-triggered fetchers

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`ChatGPT-User`	OpenAI	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Claude-User`	Anthropic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Perplexity-User`	Perplexity	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MistralAI-User`	Mistral	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`Meta-ExternalFetcher`	Meta	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

SEO tools

Bot	Operator	robots.txt	Deciding line
`AhrefsBot`	Ahrefs	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`SemrushBot`	Semrush	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`MJ12bot`	Majestic	Allowed	no rule matches the home page
`DotBot`	Moz	Allowed	no rule matches the home page

View www.amnesty.org/robots.txt · 85 lines

1User-agent: *

2Disallow: /ar/search/

3Disallow: /fr/search/

4Disallow: /es/search/

5Disallow: /en/search/

6Disallow: /zh-hans/search/

7Disallow: /zh-hant/search/

8Disallow: /uk/search/

9Disallow: /az/search/

10Disallow: /tk/search/

11Disallow: /be/search/

12Disallow: /ky/search/

13Disallow: /kk/search/

14Disallow: /tg/search/

15Disallow: /uz/search/

16Disallow: /ka/search/

17Disallow: /hy/search/

18Disallow: /ru/search/

20Disallow: /ar/wp-admin/

21Disallow: /en/wp-admin/

22Disallow: /es/wp-admin/

23Disallow: /fr/wp-admin/

24Disallow: /zh-hans/wp-admin/

25Disallow: /zh-hant/wp-admin/

26Disallow: /uk/wp-admin/

27Disallow: /az/wp-admin/

28Disallow: /tk/wp-admin/

29Disallow: /be/wp-admin/

30Disallow: /ky/wp-admin/

31Disallow: /kk/wp-admin/

32Disallow: /tg/wp-admin/

33Disallow: /uz/wp-admin/

34Disallow: /ka/wp-admin/

35Disallow: /hy/wp-admin/

36Disallow: /ru/wp-admin/

38Allow: /ar/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

39Allow: /en/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

40Allow: /es/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

41Allow: /fr/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

42Allow: /zh-hans/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

43Allow: /zh-hant/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

44Allow: /uk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

45Allow: /az/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

46Allow: /tk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

47Allow: /be/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

48Allow: /ky/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

49Allow: /kk/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

50Allow: /tg/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

51Allow: /uz/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

52Allow: /ka/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

53Allow: /hy/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

54Allow: /ru/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

57User-agent: CCBot

58Crawl-Delay: 5

60User-agent: bingbot

61Crawl-Delay: 5

63User-agent: SofyaBot

64Crawl-delay: 5

66User-agent: SeekportBot

67Disallow: /

69User-agent: AwarioBot

70Disallow: /

72User-agent: AwarioSmartBot

73Disallow: /

75User-agent: AwarioRssBot

76Disallow: /

78User-agent: PerplexityBot

79Disallow: /

81User-agent: ExaBot

82Disallow: /

84User-agent: Brightbot

85Disallow: /

What do the bots actually get?

This page reads robots.txt, which states what amnesty.org asks of crawlers. A firewall or CDN can still refuse a bot that robots.txt allows. The live check requests the page as each bot and shows the status it gets.

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History

19 October 2026: first checked.

Questions

Does amnesty.org block GPTBot?

No. amnesty.org’s robots.txt lets GPTBot crawl the site. GPTBot is OpenAI’s crawler for training data; blocking it doesn’t affect ChatGPT search, which uses OAI-SearchBot. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does amnesty.org block ClaudeBot?

No. amnesty.org’s robots.txt lets ClaudeBot crawl the site. ClaudeBot is Anthropic’s crawler for training data. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does amnesty.org block Google-Extended?

No. amnesty.org’s robots.txt lets Google-Extended crawl the site. Google-Extended is the token that controls whether Google may use pages for Gemini training and grounding; it doesn’t affect Google Search. Checked 9 November 2026.

Does amnesty.org block PerplexityBot?

Yes. amnesty.org’s robots.txt disallows PerplexityBot from the whole site (line 79: Disallow: /). PerplexityBot is the crawler that indexes pages for Perplexity’s answers. Checked 9 November 2026.

Can ChatGPT search find amnesty.org?

Yes. amnesty.org’s robots.txt lets OAI-SearchBot crawl the site. OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search; blocking it keeps the site out of ChatGPT’s search answers. Checked 9 November 2026.