Reddit has initiated legal proceedings against Perplexity AI and several data-scraping firms for alleged unauthorized content extraction. The lawsuit claims these companies violated copyright laws by harvesting and reselling Reddit’s user-generated content. This marks the second such action Reddit has taken against AI companies this year.
Legal Action Over Data Scraping Practices
Reddit has filed a federal lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI and three data-scraping firms, alleging unauthorized collection and use of its content, according to court documents reviewed by Bloomberg. The complaint, submitted Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, names data-scraping companies Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy, and SerpApi as defendants alongside Perplexity AI.