Reddit Bans 'Find Navy Yard Shooters' Subreddit

Perhaps Reddit has learned its lesson.

Hours after a subreddit cropped up, supposedly dedicated to identifying the gunmen who infiltrated the Washington Navy Yard and killed at least 12 people on Monday, was banned from the social news site. Reddit came under heavy criticism for its role in sparking a witch hunt during the Boston Marathon bombings in April.

We first spotted /r/findnavyyardshooters around 1:15 p.m. on Monday. By 3:15 p.m., it was banned.

Reddit user uglyredditors created the subreddit, which seemed to be little more than a trolling effort Read more...