Reddit Sues Data Scrapers in Battle Over AI and Internet Privacy
Reddit's lawsuit against AI and data scraping companies is portrayed as an attack on the open internet, but it primarily targets companies that scrape Google search results to link Reddit content, using a twisted interpretation of copyright law and the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause. The case could threaten the fundamental workings of search engines and the open web, as it claims that bypassing technological measures to access publicly available data constitutes copyright infringement, which critics argue is a dangerous overreach.