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June 3, 2020 08:28 pm

Some popular Reddit communities go private to protest the platforms hate speech policies




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Some of Reddit’s most frequented and active subreddit communities are participating in a collective action this week to protest the platform’s hate speech policies and the current police brutality and racism crisis gripping the US.


The decision follows harsh criticism from former CEO Ellen Pao, who said on Twitter earlier this week that the company “monetizes white supremacy and hate all day long.” She also said Reddit should have long ago banned r/The_Donald, the controversial pro-Trump subreddit it quarantined last year for repeatedly violating its rules around hate speech and violent rhetoric.


Pao was specifically responding to a post current CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman posted on Monday, in which he said the Reddit community...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/3/21279601/reddit-dark-subreddits-protest-police-violence-racism-hate-speech-policies

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