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by Causes | 6.29.20

What's the story?

\nReddit, an online message board that is one of the internet’s most popular websites, has banned a forum that supported President Donald Trump as part of its crackdown on \"subreddits\" - or communities - that promote hate based on \"identity or vulnerability.\"\n
\"Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people,\" the company says in the first of its eight new rules.
\"All communities on Reddit must abide by our content policy in good faith,\" Reddit CEO Steve Huffman wrote on Monday.

\"We banned /r/The_Donald because it has not done so, despite every opportunity. The community has consistently hosted and upvoted more rule-breaking content than average, antagonized us and other communities, and its mods have refused to meet our most basic expectations.\"

In 2019, Reddit placed /r/The_Donald under “quarantine” due to repeated violations of rules, including the “encouragement of violence towards police officers and public officials in Oregon.\" The subreddit has been largely inactive at the time of the ban.
Reddit also banned /r/ChapoTrapHouse, a forum dedicated to the popular left-wing podcast. r/GenderCritical, a community of anti-trans feminists, was also banned.

What do you think?

Do you support or oppose Reddit's decision? Take action above, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons)

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