Reddit simply multiplied Its ‘Offensive content material Ban’

James Kosur

August 6, 2015

Reddit Bans Offensive Communities

Reddit revised its offensive content material policies closing month and now the company is actively going after sub-Reddits that violate that policy.

Steve Huffman recently replaced brief-lived CEO Ellen Pao and nearly instantly following the shakeup he began making adjustments.

for Steve Huffman, who replaced Ellen Pao as chief govt officer for the online forum on July 10.

lower than every week after taking on as CEO, Huffman spoke back to a question about one of the most banned forums, saying, “The content material there may be offensive to many, but does no longer violate our current ideas for banning.” Huffman, the web page’s co-founder, now says Reddit can be banning communities devoted to animated youngster pornography.

Reddit faces an uphill battle because it makes an attempt to give protection to freedom of speech on the web, whereas running underneath a group that features Silicon Valley challenge capitalists and the dad or mum firm of writer Condé Nast.

“This used to be a necessary shift for our crew to deal with a healthy and successful platform,” says Ashley Dawkins, a spokeswoman for Reddit.

the corporate’s new policy says it’ll ban content that “is against the law; involuntary pornography; encourages or incites violence; threatens, harasses or bullies or encourages others to take action; is private and private knowledge; impersonates someone in a misleading or misleading method; is junk mail.”

Huffman claims the coverage was once “no longer altering dramatically.”

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