EQUIPThe Verge · 4h ago
Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
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Reddit will mandate logged-in accounts and specific verification to access its legacy interface to mitigate automated AI scraping. These restrictions aim to preserve platform data integrity by blocking unauthorized bot traffic and non-human users.
- 01Reddit is increasing restrictions on the Old Reddit interface to combat automated data scraping
- 02Users will soon require verified login credentials to access the platform's legacy experience
- 03The policy changes will be implemented incrementally over the next few months
- 04New measures target non-human traffic to secure proprietary data against AI model training
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Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the "next few months," the company says that you'll have to be logged in and have […]