Reddit to Require Human Verification for Accounts with Suspicious Bot-Like Behavior
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Summary
Reddit is implementing new measures to identify and label bots on its platform. The company will introduce a system where developers can register automated accounts that receive an "[APP]" label, while also requiring users with "automated" or "fishy behavior" to verify they're human through methods like fingerprint scanning or ID submission. This crackdown aims to increase transparency about bot activity while maintaining legitimate automated accounts that follow proper registration procedures.
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· 4 pulledReddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform — a process that may require some users to confirm that they're human.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system for accounts registered as bots, and ask users with 'automated' or 'fishy behavior' to verify that they're human using methods like fingerprint scanning or submitting their ID.
With this update, developers can register automated accounts with Reddit, which will then receive an '[APP]' label.
Reddit also notes that it will be on the lookout for unlabeled automated accounts.
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