# Judge Lets Reddit Lawsuit Against Anthropic Proceed

> Reddit's lawsuit against Anthropic to continue after court allows three claims to move forward.
- Title: Judge Lets Reddit Lawsuit Against Anthropic Proceed · Mashable
- Summary: Reddit's lawsuit against Anthropic to continue after court allows three claims to move forward. A San Francisco judge permitted Reddit's three claims against…
- Keywords: reddit, anthropic, claude, unfair competition law, breach of contract, interference with contract, california, user agreement, browsewrap, technology, culture, Judge
- Source: Mashable — https://mashable.com/tech/judge-allows-most-of-reddit-lawsuit-against-anthropic-proceed
- Author: Chance Townsend
- Published: 2026-09-19T15:59:21+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: reddit, anthropic, claude, unfair competition law, breach of contract, interference with contract, california, user agreement, browsewrap, technology, culture
## Reddit sues Anthropic
Reddit accused Anthropic of illegally scraping user comments to train its Claude chatbot without consent.
## Judge allows three claims
A San Francisco County Superior Court judge permitted three of Reddit's five claims to proceed: breach of contract, interference with contract, and violation of California's unfair competition law.
## Two claims dismissed
The judge dismissed Reddit's unjust enrichment and trespass to chattels claims but allowed refile with more specificity by Oct. 16.
## Judge rejects browsewrap argument
Kahn rejected Anthropic's claim that Reddit's User Agreement was an unenforceable 'browsewrap' agreement because Anthropic kept scraping Reddit more than 100,000 times.
## Reddit's legal stance
Reddit's chief legal officer Ben Lee stated AI companies should not scrape user information without clear data usage limitations.
## Key takeaway

A San Francisco judge permitted Reddit's three claims against Anthropic to proceed while dismissing two others in their lawsuit over data scraping.