Reddit communities restricted user access in a protest of the platform’s decision to start charging developers fees to access its data
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Many of the platform’s community moderators plan a two-day subreddit blackoutReddit’s chief executive said charging developers fees for access to its data was necessary for the company’s survival.Scores of Reddit communities are restricting access to users on Monday, protesting the social-media platform’s recent decision to start charging some third-party developers fees to obtain its data.
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