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Protecting communities from scrapers and platform abuse: modnews

Reddit blocked a user's request due to a network policy, directing the user to log in or register with developer credentials to continue browsing. The platform cited its Terms of Service and offered a support ticket option for those who believe they were incorrectly blocked. The action is part of Reddit's efforts to protect communities from scrapers and platform abuse.

read1 min publishedMay 28, 2026

Your request has been blocked due to a network policy.

Try logging in or creating an account [here](https://www.reddit.com/login/) to get back to browsing.

If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials [here](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api/). Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. if you're supplying an alternate User-Agent string,
try changing back to default as that can sometimes result in a block.

You can read Reddit's Terms of Service [here](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api/).

If you think that we've incorrectly blocked you or you would like to discuss

easier ways to get the data you want, please file a ticket here.

When contacting us, please include your Reddit account along with the following code:

019e70b5-95c9-7482-9c29-959ded477d34

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