"Reddit Outage Caused by Massive Subreddit Blackout Protests"
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Thousands of subreddits on Reddit temporarily shut down to protest changes the company is making to its API, which is impacting several third-party apps. The platform suffered a "major outage" across its desktop and mobile websites, as well as the mobile apps. The outage has been resolved, but the protest continues. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended the API changes, saying they were necessary to make Reddit profitable.
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