Reddit Protests Escalate with NSFW Tactics and Community Shutdowns.

Reddit moderators protested upcoming API changes by making their subreddits unavailable to advertisers. Some subreddits abandoned most of their rules, including a repeal on the “no NSFW” content ban. Reddit removed the moderators of the participating subreddits, including r/MildlyInteresting, r/interestingasfuck, and r/TIHI. The moderators found their accounts had been suspended for 7 days, though most of them were later restored. The protest could have longstanding consequences for the app, and Reddit stripping moderators of access to their forums is an unprecedented move.