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Bobby Allyn

Thousands of Reddit communities 'go dark' in protest of new developer fees

Thousands of communities on Reddit are "going dark" in response to changes the company announced that would charge third-party developers for access to its site data. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Thousands of sections of the popular online message board Reddit are "going dark" for two days starting Monday to protest controversial new fees the site is charging third-party developers.

Some of the largest communities on Reddit are being set to private for 48 hours, meaning they will not be publicly available. By doing this, Redditors aim to pressure company executives to reverse their decision to charge developers for access to the site, which until now has been free.

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