Reddit faces backlash over moderator threats and inactivity policy.

Reddit administrators have threatened to remove protesting moderators from their roles if they don't end their virtual blackout. Thousands of moderators shut down their Reddit pages this week to protest the company's new pricing policy for third-party apps that use its API. Critics argue the move is punishing users for protesting changes to the platform. The blackout affected more than 8,000 Reddit pages at its peak, and over 4,000 are still dark.