Rule 8: do not break the site or interfere with its normal use
Rule 8 prohibits breaking the site or doing anything that interferes with normal use of Reddit. The link leads to a policy page on site interference, later in this document.
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Don’t [break the site]
do anything that interferes with normal use of Reddit
Reddit reports CSAM to authorities, partners with NCMEC and industry, and uses technology to detect known content
Reddit says it reports CSAM to the appropriate authorities and has active partnerships and collaborations with others in the industry and with organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It also says it uses industry-standard technologies to help detect known illegal content that users attempt to share on the platform. The text links to a page on how Reddit fights child sexual exploitation, which is not part of this document.
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We report CSAM to the appropriate authorities
have active partnerships and collaborations with others in the industry, as well as organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
We also use industry-standard technologies to help us detect known illegal content that users attempt to share on the platform.
Not stated here
The linked page on how Reddit fights child sexual exploitation is not supplied in this document, so details such as what technologies or data are used are unknown.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Site interference policy: do not break Reddit, interfere with normal use, or build apps that violate API rules
The policy tells users not to break Reddit, interfere with its normal use, or create programs or applications ("apps") that violate Reddit's API rules. The rule applies to all users or entities accessing or interacting with Reddit's services, including API access and the behavior of apps (bots, AI agents and non-human-operated accounts), so that they are transparent, accountable and do not degrade the experience for users.
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Don't break Reddit, interfere with its normal use, or create programs or applications (“apps”) that violate our API rules.
This rule applies to all users or entities accessing or interacting with Reddit’s services.
This includes API access and the behavior of apps –including bots, AI agents, and non-human operated accounts– to ensure that they are transparent, accountable, and do not degrade the experience for users.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Not stated here
Reddit's API rules are not set out in this document, so what counts as violating them is unknown here.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Bypassing guardrails, evading enforcement, degrading performance or exploiting vulnerabilities may violate the policy
Things that may violate the policy: bypassing security, safety or technical guardrails, including evading enforcement, exceeding access limits, or assisting anyone in misusing the platform; and disrupting or interrupting Reddit's services, such as by degrading platform performance, introducing malicious code, or exploiting bugs and vulnerabilities.
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Bypassing security, safety, or technical guardrails, including evading enforcement, exceeding access limits, or assisting anyone in misusing the platform.
Disrupting or interrupting Reddit's services, such as by degrading platform performance, introducing malicious code, or exploiting bugs and vulnerabilities.