Reddit Cracks Down on Hate Speech by Deleting TERF, Pro-Trump Forums
Posted on AllSides June 29th, 2020
From The Left
In an effort to curtail hate speech against the backdrop of ongoing protests for gender, racial, and LGBTQ+ equality, Reddit has decided to shut down upwards of 2,000 communities that have a history of hate speech.
With nearly 430 million monthly visitors, Reddit is one of the most popular websites on the globe. The purging of these communities — which include subreddits “Gender Critical,” a TERF forum, “The Donald,” a pro-Trump forum, and “CapoTrapHouse,” a radical left forum — comes in the wake of several brands vowing to ban...