This means that the approximately 60,000 users that were part of the /r/frenworld community banned for the incitement of violence still exist on the platform in an individual capacity and can form new groups whenever they so choose.Īs part of Reddit’s efforts to curtail violent extremism, it has censored numerous groups since 2017. If a particular community gets to the point where it is so poisonous… then it may end that entire community, but that does nothing to affect an individual account.” “Reddit is set up so that you can always create new and anonymous accounts at the drop of a hat.
Mark Pitcavage, a senior researcher with the Anti Defamation League, explained that Reddit faces a number of systematic issues when moderating its content. “Quarantine” is used for communities that do not necessarily fall outside of Reddit’s terms of service, but are nonetheless considered offensive.) (A “quarantine” designation prevents a subreddit from appearing in Reddit’s search function and prevents Reddit from hosting advertisements on the community it also warns site users of the toxic nature of the community before they access it.
Last year, in a further crackdown on offensive content, Reddit “quarantined” several subreddits including communities spreading disturbing material, as well as extremist leftist and right-wing messages. A cartoon clown figure alongside an image of ovens used by the Nazis in the Holocaust, with commentary stating: “Silly Clown! There’s no way you can bake 6 million pies in those ovens!” This was posted to the /r/frenworld community, banned by Reddit in June 2019 (Reddit screenshot)
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