Reddit Bans Alt-Right Group
by Gideon Resnick at the Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/01/reddit-bans-alt-right-group.html
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Reddit, the enormous online community-run forum, announced on Wednesday night that it was banning the white nationalist subreddit r/altright, due to “posting of personal information,” otherwise known as doxxing.
“Reddit is the proud home to some of the most authentic conversations online,” a statement provided to The Daily Beast by the company read. “We strive to be a welcoming, open platform for all by trusting our users to maintain an environment that cultivates genuine conversation and adheres to our content policy.”
It’s a major switch for the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” which, in the name of open dialogue, had once been loathe to ban almost anyone. It meant that Reddit hosted some of the most misogynist, and hate-spewing communities on the web.
The imposed ban indicates that the company is attempting to police its vast networks of users, particularly its most vitriolic and, in this case, potentially dangerous. This particular subreddit had earned upwards of a reported 16,000 subscribers once Donald Trump took office and often included white nationalist sentiments and dialogue—echoing the public displays of leaders of the white nationalist movement like Richard Spencer.
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