Simon Wistow stories

Simon Wistow writes about the evolving relationship between technology, creators and the modern web, with a particular focus on how automated systems like AI bots interact with online content. His work explores the technical and economic forces shaping digital publishing, and what those forces mean for the people who produce, host and rely on web content.

By reading Simon’s stories, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of how large-scale content scraping, changing infrastructure costs and shifting platform dynamics affect control, value and fairness on the internet. His perspective helps readers think more critically about who benefits from new technologies, what safeguards are needed, and how businesses and individuals can respond as the web is increasingly mediated by automated agents.