June 5, 2020 05:09 pm
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Alexis Ohanian asks to be replaced by a black candidate as he resigns from Reddits board
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian — the co-founder of Reddit — resigned from Reddit’s board of directors today. He announced the move in a tweet, urging the company to hire a black candidate in his stead and promising his future gains on Reddit stock to serve the black community.
The move comes just two days after a number of popular subreddits went private or, in some cases, banned new posts to protest the company’s hate speech policies. Some moderators of some of the site’s largest communities specifically called out Ohanian’s co-founder, current CEO Steve Huffman, for failing to take action against racism and some of the site’s most virulent communities like r/The_Donald, its pro-Trump subreddit.
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/5/21281744/reddit-co-founder-alexis-ohanian-resigns-board
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