Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods
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We weren’t the only ones to talk to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Thursday.
In a conversation with NPR, Huffman spoke more about his concerns with big tech companies building AI models using Reddit data. “If they take our content and build businesses on it, that’s an issue,” Huffman said.
To NBC News, Huffman “said he plans to pursue changes to Reddit’s moderator removal policy to allow ordinary users to vote moderators out more easily if their decisions aren’t popular.” My colleague Sean Hollister wrote more about the company’s mod policies earlier on Thursday.
Here’s my full interview with Huffman.
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