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Bytespider Bot

Trains AI models. Operated by bytedance.

Identity: Names itself in its user agent only.

How to recognise it

  • User agent contains Bytespider, TikTokSpider, DoubaoBot

Allow or block

To opt out, add to robots.txt:

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

It may not honour robots.txt, because a person asked for the page.

With Double Agent

Sessions from Bytespider are labelled bot with agent_id: bytedance.bytespider, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt