Reddit says SerpApi trying to be 'free rider' through US antitrust claims
( September 25, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Reddit moved to dismiss SerpApi's antitrust counterclaims over access to Reddit's data, arguing that allowing them to survive would "turn antitrust liability on its head." "Having built its business on mass-scraping without permission, SerpApi now asks this court to declare that Reddit's decades of investment in fostering a vibrant community for authentic human conversation creates an antitrust duty to hand over data for free and without restriction so that SerpApi can turn a profit by selling it to AI companies," Reddit said. "Its own claimed injury is the loss of free access to data it wants to commercialize — the grievance of a free rider."See attached file....
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