{
  "id": 562031,
  "title": "Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/reddit-bans-11-year-account-for-gpl-game-post-testing-the-eus-dsa",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/0532213/reddit-bans-11-year-account-for-gpl-game-post-testing-the-eus-dsa"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Longtime Slashdot reader DF5JT writes: On July 26, I posted a single announcement in r/backgammon: GNU Backgammon for Android, GPLv3, the first standalone backgammon engine on F-Droid. Reddit's spam filter removed the post and permanently banned my 11-year, 30,000-karma account -- the result is publicly visible at reddit.com/user/OE1FEU. To this day, Reddit has given no reason whatsoever,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}