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  2. 2023 Reddit API controversy - Wikipedia

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    Subreddit moderators have leveraged their subreddits en masse in the past to protest decisions that Reddit has made. In the self-described "Great Reddit Blackout of 2015", users publicly disagreed with the company over the termination of Victoria Taylor, a Reddit employee who held Ask Me Anythings (AMAs) and was vital to r/IAmA. [7]

  3. Reddit went down amid blackout protest over company's ... - AOL

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    UPDATE: Jun. 12, 2023, 11:52 a.m. EDT Reddit appeared to recover from its crash on Monday by about midday eastern time. The homepage was loading on desktop and outage reports were falling on Down ...

  4. Reddit Blackout: Thousands of Subreddits Go Dark to Protest ...

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    Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have “gone dark” — temporarily closing their virtual doors — for what’s planned as a two-day protest over the company’s move to charge third-party ...

  5. The Reddit blackout, explained: Why thousands of subreddits ...

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    Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new policy that will charge some third-party apps to access data on the site, leading to worries about content ...

  6. Dead Internet theory - Wikipedia

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    An image posted on many subreddits as protest during the blackout [37] In the past, Reddit allowed free access to its API and data, which allowed users to employ third-party moderation apps and train AI in human interaction. [25] In 2023, the company moved to charge for access to its user dataset. Companies training AI are expected to continue ...

  7. Timeline of Reddit - Wikipedia

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    Reddit closes "/r/reddit.com" and expands its number of default subreddits to 20. [30] 2012: January: Community: Reddit announces that it will start a 12-hour sitewide blackout protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act. [31] [32] 2012: March: Team: Yishan Wong, a former Facebook employee and PayPal Mafia member, becomes Reddit CEO. [33] [34] 2012 ...

  8. Reddit blackout: Why are thousands of the world’s most ...

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    Action is a protest against site’s leadership and decisions over third-party apps

  9. Reddit - Wikipedia

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    Reddit and other websites participated in a 12-hour sitewide blackout on January 18, 2012, in protest ... over 100 Reddit communities banned users from posting ...