AI & Tech Unverified First seen 2026-10-01 20:31 UTC

Reddit to end RSS feeds and public API access, citing AI scrapers

Decrypt reports that Reddit will shut down RSS feeds on November 13 and cut off outside apps' data pipeline by March 2027, blaming scraping bots while licensing its own content to AI companies.

Why “Unverified”

Reported by Decrypt alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

1 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 56/100. How labels work

What the sources claim

Reddit is ending RSS feeds on November 13 and outside apps lose their data pipeline by March 2027.

“Reddit RSS dies November 13 and outside apps lose their data pipeline by March 2027.”
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Reddit blames scraping bots for the changes even though it licenses its own content to AI companies.

“Reddit blames scraping bots, though it licenses its own content to AI companies.”
Decrypt

Sources

Decrypt newswire 2026-10-01 20:31 UTC
Reddit Is Killing RSS Feeds and Public API Access to Fight AI Scrapers

Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-10-01 21:30 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.