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Reddit files US complaint against Perplexity, data scrapers over stolen content

( October 22, 2025, 19:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Reddit is suing Perplexity AI and three data scrapers in US federal court for allegedly circumventing its anti-scraping measures and stealing copyrighted content. Reddit says Perplexity is a willing customer and will apparently do anything to get the Reddit data it desperately needs to fuel its “answer engine”—that is, anything other than enter into an agreement with Reddit directly, as some of its competitors have done.See attached file. ...

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