{"slug": "old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping", "title": "Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping", "summary": "Reddit's efforts to block AI scraping may inadvertently take down Old Reddit, as users report 403 errors on the legacy interface. The errors, generated by CloudFront, suggest Reddit is tightening access controls, potentially affecting long-time users who prefer the old design.", "body_md": "# 403 ERROR\n\n## The request could not be satisfied.\n\nRequest blocked.\nWe can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner.\n\nIf you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.\n\n```\nGenerated by cloudfront (CloudFront)\nRequest ID: MRQKj2mdLOPPMLkof6hpfAu-nQGsir5TveiTwu3qmi-9j_oQTOR0ng==\n```\n\n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping", "canonical_source": "https://www.engadget.com/2230544/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddits-war-on-ai-scraping/", "published_at": "2026-08-05 16:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-05 16:48:43.318477+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Reddit", "Old Reddit", "CloudFront"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/old-reddit-could-be-the-next-casualty-of-reddit-s-war-on-ai-scraping.jsonld"}}