Sustainability

Is the Web Closing? Perspectives from OxyCon 2026

Between rising technical barriers, stalled access laws, and copyright battles, collecting public web data is becoming harder for the people who need it most. Here are the key takeaways from the OxyCon 2026 closing panel on why open access to web data remains essential for researchers, journalists, and democratic resilience.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-10-30

5 min read

Oxylabs’ Project 4β Named a Finalist at the 6th Annual Anthem Awards

Oxylabs' pro bono initiative, Project 4β, has been named an Anthem Awards Finalist in the Purpose-Driven Program or Initiative in Technology category for the second consecutive year, with public voting now open for the Community Voice Award.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-10-27

3 min read

Project 4β Impact: How Sengirės Fondas Used Public Web Data to Secure 11.4 Hectares in Trako Miškas

The Foundation has officially completed the buyout of an 11.4-hectare plot in Trako Miškas, in the Lazdijai district, with support from Project 4β.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-10-20

2 min read

Project 4β Impact: How Le French News Lab is Mapping Media Framing Across the French Press

Using public web data infrastructure provided pro bono by Oxylabs' Project 4β, Le French News Lab analyzed over 900,000 headlines across up to 30 national outlets to map continuous ideology scales and uncover how media framing evolved in the French press.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-09-15

3 min read

Project 4β Impact: How Bellingcat Tracked $14 Billion in World Cup Bets Across Prediction Markets

Supported by Project 4β, Bellingcat analyzed over $14 billion in prediction market bets during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Using Oxylabs' residential proxies to collect public trade data from Polymarket and Kalshi in a single day, the investigation found that 86% of all winnings were concentrated in the top 1% of accounts.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-09-07

2 min read

Project 4β Spotlight: Zach Everson on Public Data and Investigative Reporting

Through Project 4β, investigative reporter Zach Everson uses Oxylabs' residential proxies to monitor hundreds of public disclosure sites in the background, allowing him to track financial filings and political accountability data at a scale.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-09-01

3 min read

Oxylabs Forms a Pro-bono Partnership With the University of Michigan

Oxylabs partnered with the University of Michigan, ranked as the No.1 public university in the United States, and School of Information professor Christopher Brooks to share expertise in the field of ethical web scraping.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

3 min read

Oxylabs Nominated at the 29th Annual Webby Awards

Oxylabs has been nominated at the 29th Annual Webby Awards for its innovative solution, OxyCopilot — the industry’s first AI-driven scraping assistant.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

2 min read

Oxylabs Recognized with the 2022 Baltic Sustainability Award

Oxylabs was announced a winner at the Baltic Sustainability Awards for its joint pro bono project with the CRA to detect illegal content online with a unique AI-powered web scraping solution.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

2 min read

Project 4β Expands with Doublethink Lab Collaboration

Oxylabs' pro bono initiative Project 4β partnered with Doublethink Lab, a Taiwan-based non-profit dedicated to strengthening democratic resilience against disinformation and foreign information manipulation.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

2 min read

Oxylabs Listed as Global Good Awards Finalist

Oxylabs was listed as Global Good Awards Finalist for its joint pro bono project with the CRA to detect illegal content online with a unique AI-powered web scraping solution.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

1 min read

Oxylabs Shortlisted at DataIQ Awards 2025

Oxylabs has been nominated for the DataIQ Awards 2025 in the People and Teams — Best Place to Work in Data & AI (Vendor side) category.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

1 min read

Oxylabs’ Project 4β Listed as a Finalist at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards

Oxylabs’ Project 4β has been selected as a Finalist at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards. Our pro bono initiative was recognized in the Team & Internal Initiatives category, under the Responsible Technology cause area.

Gabija Birgile

2026-08-05

2 min read

Project 4β Spotlight: Sengirės Fondas on Finding Forests Worth Saving

Project 4β partnered with Sengirės Fondas (the Ancient Woods Foundation), giving its team access to Oxylabs' Web Unblocker so they can scan hundreds of weekly forest-plot listings across Lithuania and find rare old-growth woodland worth buying and protecting for good.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-07-23

3 min read

Project 4β Wins Silver and Community Voice in Anthem Awards

Project 4β has been recognized in The 5th Annual Anthem Awards with a Silver Award and the Community Voice Award, voted by the public, in the Responsible Technology: Team & Internal Initiatives – Corporate Social Responsibility category.

Gabija Birgile

2026-07-07

2 min read

Project 4β Impact: How FactCheck.LT Built an AI-Powered Platform to Monitor Disinformation Across Eastern Europe

Project 4β supported FactCheck.LT’s disinformation research by providing the web data collection infrastructure needed to monitor the Belarusian information space more reliably and at scale.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-06-30

4 min read

Project 4β Supports Large-Scale Research Using Archived Public Web Data

Project 4β partnered with Jagadishen Pragassen Mooneesawmy, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, to support academic research using archived public web data.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-06-19

3 min read

Oxylabs Shortlisted at DataIQ Awards 2026

Oxylabs has been nominated for the DataIQ Awards 2026 in the Best Data and AI for Good Initiative (Solution Provider) category.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-06-18

2 min read

A Decade of Building the Data Infrastructure for Tomorrow: Oxylabs' 2025 Impact Report

Oxylabs published its 2025 Impact Report, highlighting key environmental, social and governance initiatives.

Oxylabs Explains

2026-06-02

3 min read

Reflections from the 2026 International Journalism Festival in Perugia

Key takeaways from International Journalism Festival 2026 in Perugia on data-driven reporting, verification, AI, and the systems that support public-interest journalism.

Narmin Mammadova

2026-05-07

4 min read