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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. 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 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 company's plan to start charging certain third-party developers to access the site’s data.