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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern Technology editor

Reddit moderators vow to continue blackout in API access fees row

Reddit on a mobile phone
The new fees are in part intended to allow Reddit to monetise its popularity among AI researchers. Photograph: Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Reddit’s battle with its own users over new access fees will continue beyond the planned two-day protest, as hundreds of volunteer moderators declared their intention to maintain a blackout indefinitely.

The social network, which intends to begin levying swingeing data charges against developers of third-party tools used to browse the site, says it has no intention of backing down from its plans in the wake of the campaign.

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