Reddit Cites AI Bots in Killing RSS Feeds and Public API Access
TechCrunch AI · Sep 30 · 1 min read
What happenedReddit is discontinuing RSS feed support and restricting public API access, citing the need to control data usage by AI bots. This move aims to prevent unauthorized scraping of user-generated content for AI model training.
Why it matters for marketersReddit's decision to restrict API access and kill RSS feeds signals a broader trend of platforms reclaiming their data from AI training. Marketers relying on direct Reddit data feeds for insights or content aggregation will need to find alternative, authorized methods.
Topics: reddit api, ai data scraping, content access, platform control