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As FBI warnings described a surge in financial sextortion of teenagers — much of it driven by Nigeria-based 'Yahoo Boys' — Reddit became both a place victims sought help and one of the mainstream platforms implicated in the wider abuse ecosystem.
In a parallel case tied to a copyright suit against the ISP Grande Communications, film producers again sought to unmask six Reddit users; the Northern District of California again denied the motion to compel on First Amendment grounds.
Film-copyright holders subpoenaed Reddit to unmask six users who had commented about piracy, hoping to use the posts as evidence in a suit against the ISP RCN; a federal magistrate judge quashed the subpoena on First Amendment grounds.
In a series of copyright cases, movie distributors subpoenaed Reddit to unmask anonymous users who had commented about piracy, but federal magistrate judges in the Northern District of California repeatedly quashed the subpoenas, holding the First Amendment right to anonymous speech outweighed the studios' need.
As 'pig-butchering' romance-investment scams drained billions from victims worldwide, Reddit's r/Scams and related communities became a major venue where victims sought help — even as scammers also surfaced on the platform.
On February 5, 2023, a targeted phishing attack stole an employee's credentials and 2FA token, giving intruders access to internal documents, dashboards, source code, and employee and advertiser data. In June 2023 the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group publicly claimed it had taken roughly 80GB of data and demanded a $4.5 million ransom.
In 2023 Reddit terminated Pushshift's bulk data access as part of its paid-API crackdown, breaking the historical archive that powered research and the tools (Reveddit, Removeddit, Unddit) used to view deleted or removed content — reshaping who controls retained Reddit data.
Reddit's abrupt October 2023 shutdown of its blockchain 'Community Points' rewards crashed user-held tokens — MOON down ~85%, BRICK ~70%, DONUT ~60% — with some holders calling it a rug pull.
In July 2023, weeks after the API blackout, Reddit abruptly killed its long-standing Coins and 50-plus Awards system with no replacement ready, drawing user anger over lost purchases and yet another unilateral product change.
Launched in April 2021 amid the Clubhouse-driven social-audio boom, Reddit Talk let communities host live audio rooms — then Reddit announced in March 2023 it would shut the feature down, blaming a vendor exit and shifting resources to video and search.
Reddit's 2023 API price hikes threatened to wipe out the third-party apps that blind and visually impaired users relied on for accessible access, forcing the company into a hastily announced and criticized exception for 'accessibility-focused' apps.
After the initial June 2023 API blackout failed to move Reddit, major subreddits including r/pics, r/aww and r/gifs held polls and reopened under a malicious-compliance rule allowing only images of comedian John Oliver. Oliver himself endorsed the stunt and supplied photos.