“We strongly disagree with Reddit’s allegations and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in court,” said Ryan Schafer, customer success director at SerpApi.

Oxylabs Chief Governance and Strategy Officer Denas Grybauskas also sent a statement: “Oxylabs has always been and will continue to be a pioneer and an industry leader in public data collection, and it will not hesitate to defend itself against these allegations.

“Oxylabs provides infrastructure for compliant access to publicly available information, and we demand every customer to use our services lawfully.”

AWMProxy could not be reached for comment.