Reddit Is Removing Nazi And Alt-Right Groups As Part Of A New Policy And Some Users Are Confused

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Source: BuzzFeed

Reddit is purging Nazi, white supremacist, and other hate-based groups from its site as part of a new policy change announced Wednesday that targets and bans certain violent material.

The popular discussion site, which has struggled with how to monitor and remove vitriolic and offensive content in the past, said in a statement that it had decided to retool certain rules and regulations that were "too vague" and ban material that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people.”

"We did this to alleviate user and moderator confusion about allowable content on the site. We also are making this update so that Reddit’s content policy better reflects our values as a company," Reddit told its nearly 542 million monthly users. "In particular, we found that the policy regarding 'inciting' violence was too vague, and so we have made an effort to adjust it to be more clear and comprehensive."

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Policing and banning content is a controversial move for Reddit, which was created in 2005 as a platform for people to openly discuss and share whatever they wanted to without interference from site moderators. However, as its popularity exploded, so did subreddits that spewed violent, anti-Semitic, racist, and incendiary content.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. I don't do Reddit, but that sounds good...

[Initech]

2. Excellent! A step in the right direction for sure!

Oh and fuck /pol/.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Hate speech leads to violent action frequently.

It doesn't stay in the mind. It's a very dangerous business. It's good that this is being recognized.

[Iliyah]

4. The USA's present day white supremacist are now bold enough

to go after Jews. They have infiltrated social media and social media got paid well.

[christx30]

5. Does that include the_donald?

That place is just crazy.
Here's tip, guys: If you're calling your president "God Emperor", you're stepping over the creepy line.

[mucifer]

9. pretty sure the reddit donald page is mostly bots.

[IronLionZion]

6. Sweet! Next Twitter should ban Herr Twitler for cyber bullying

and promoting hate and violence.

People sometimes forget that shithead literally calls for violence, kind of a lot. There's legal precedent for censuring his free speech.

[BigmanPigman]

7. What took them so long?

[cemaphonic]

8. Reddit started out as an "anything goes" kind of forum

Like a better-behaved(but just barely) 4chan. As it's gotten more mainstream and popular, they've shedded some of the worst offenders and imposed stricter moderation policies, but the user base and the management tend to err on the side of "free speech," so the more toxic subreddits can stick around for quite awhile.