Last year, Facebook was forced to change its rules on Trending Topics after the company was accused of blocking news reports supporting right-wing candidates and causes.įacebook's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg met with Glenn Beck and a dozen other prominent conservative commentators after the allegations surfaced on Gizmodo, based on a single, anonymous source. The controversy surrounding Reddit is a byproduct of the struggle to walk the delicate balance of combating online abuse while also protecting freedom of speech.Īnd the online discussion site is not alone in being accused of partisan censorship. The most prominent was r/altright, which was shut down earlier this month, alongside r/alternativeright and r/rightyfriends. Reddit has previously banned a number of controversial, white supremacist 'alt-right' subreddits because users repeatedly violated the site’s terms of service regarding harassment and releasing private information of other users. It's one thing if a post is deleted, but another when a precedent is set that content can be changed without the author knowing,' another wrote. 'I'm hesitant to join any controversial topic now. Steve Huffman (above), the CEO of Reddit said he was cracking down on abusive users
But he said that the website could no longer tolerate the 'antagonistic' behavior of many of The_Donald users. In a Reddit post, he explained that he had refused requests to ban The_Donald forum - known as a 'subreddit' - outright.
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'I guess Reddit doesn't believe in free speech,' one user wrote.ĬEO Steve Huffman announced they were cracking down on 'toxic users and poorly behaving communities' last November. 'They're censoring us in a sneaky way that makes us think we're not censored,' another added.
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'This is their attempt to stunt growth to this subreddit and the mods and users should be f***ing furious,' one user wrote. The move has sparked fury among Trump supporters who claimed it was an attack on free speech. The page shows the site's most popular discussion forums - with a few exceptions - such as subreddits that users consistently filter out of their r/all page. Posts from the_donald forum - known as a subreddit - have disappeared from the online discussion site's r/popular page - the first page any new visitors or anyone who is not logged in, are directed to when they visit Reddit. Reddit's biggest pro- Donald Trump forum will no longer appear on its visitors' homepage.
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