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Reddit admins were also adamant that they can't store user-deleted comments and data indefinetly for legal reasons - one of the things I've seen mods use Pushshift for.
I really don't see how Reddit thinks that they themselves should have one data-retention policy for legal reasons, but then have an agreement with a third party (including automated data access) that pretty much ignores this policy.
Comment by iruleatants at 02/06/2023 at 02:25 UTC
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Because they *can* store user-deleted comments and data indefinitely. It's in their terms of service that you agree to when creating your account with them. You grant them an irrevocable license to any content that you submit.
And the legality of PushShift storing user-deleted comments and data falls on PushShift's responsibility. Reddit isn't liable if illegal content remains available through Pushshift, the people hosting the content are always the people responsible for it.