Reddit plans mandatory logins to curb AI bot data scraping

Reddit◼ has announced plans to make most content require authentication, citing unauthorised AI data scraping through logged-out public pages, as described in an October 29 post by CEO Steve Huffman. No global rollout date has been set, and tests in selected non-US markets will determine which content stays accessible without login. Reddit says licensed commercial access will continue and that personalised logged-in use also supports recommendations and advertising. No CVE or technical indicators are mentioned, and the report does not establish that the measure will stop scraping.

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