Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA

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By BeauHDAug 11, 2026, 7:00 am118 pts
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…

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