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WASHINGTON (AP) — If you've been using Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you've likely come across "private" or "blocked" messages.

If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered private or restricted messages. Thats because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest over the companys plan to start charging certain third-party developers to access the sites data.

Thousands of subreddits chose to go dark this week in an ongoing protest of some controversial changes announced by the online discussion network.

If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered private or restricted messages. That's because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest over the company's plan to start charging certain third-party developers to access the site's data.

Thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest over the companys plan to start charging certain third-party developers to access the site’s data.

Most people visiting Reddit probably don’t think about APIs but access to these third-party resources is critical for moderators to do their jobs, experts note.

Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new policy that will charge some third-party apps to access data on the site, leading to worries about content moderation and accessibility.

Reddit communities have gone dark by the thousands this week after outrage erupted over plans to charge some third-party apps for data access; the company says it’s not backing down.

WASHINGTON (AP) – If you hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered “private” or “restricted” messages. That’s because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest over the company’s plan to start charging certain third-party developers to access the site’s data. But Reddit’s CEO […]

The site is still dark but Steve Huffman says this protest is "not going to change anything."