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Reddit shuts down RSS and public API due to influx of AI bots

Reddit announced the closure of support for RSS feeds and public API. The company cites the need to combat automated abuses as the reason for this decision.

In brief

  • Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds and public API.
  • The company describes RSS as a platform for automated abuses.
  • Reddit will restrict access to the classic version of the site for new users.
  • The service is intensifying its fight against automated data collection.
Covered by 2 of 6 media groups
  • Budget not in the collected reports
  • Public money not in the collected reports
  • Media business 1 source
  • Big capital not in the collected reports
  • Readers and grants not in the collected reports
  • Undisclosed 1 source

No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, big capital, readers and grants.

What are media groups?

Share of reports by media group
GroupShareCount
Media business
  • Newsroom 1
50%1 item
Undisclosed
  • Newsroom 1
50%1 item

How we count media groups — Methodology

Who the outlets write for
  • community 0
  • region 0
  • country 2
  • world 0
Channels
  • Websites 2

How we measure speed, distance and channels

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  • Mezha.MediaMedia business
    • first item
    • earliest
    • national desk

    Reddit закриває RSS та публічний API через навалу ШІ-ботів

  • InternetUAUndisclosed
    • first item
    • in the wave, 1 h later
    • national desk

    Сервіс Reddit обмежить доступ до класичної версії сайту

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