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Reddit restricted access to its Old Reddit interface and plans to end RSS feeds and public API access to reduce AI bot scraping

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Reddit announced limits on access to the Old Reddit experience, requiring users to be logged in and to have used Old Reddit within the prior six months. It also ended RSS feed support and stated it will stop public API access, directing moderators and third-party tools toward alternative or paid/registered access paths to reduce AI-bot driven automated traffic.

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Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots The Verge independent Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots TechCrunch independent

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