As of press time, the moderators of 7,266 subreddits are expected to stage a blackout on Monday, according to a Reddit post.
Why are Reddit users protesting right now?
According to the ELI5 post, these third-party apps scraped Reddit posts by using something called the Application Programming Interface, or API.
How are Reddit users protesting?
Reddit users are protesting by making certain subreddits inaccessible to users for 48 hours.
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—, Reddit's, Reddit
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