Mar 25, 2021 15:00:00

More than 200 communities within Reddit unite to protest 'censorship' and temporarily shut down

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Andrew Currie

More than 200 communities, including Reddit's largest social bookmarking site, Reddit 's r / Music and r / Among Us , have been temporarily shut down in protest of 'censorship' over Reddit employees. I did.

Reddit Private Community Explained: Aimee Challenor's alleged hiring leads to protests --GameRevolution
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The turmoil was triggered by Amy Knight (formerly Charenor), a newcomer to Reddit. Knight is a former politician who ran for the Greens in the South Coventry district of England in 2016 but was rejected. After that, he continued to work for the party, but in 2018, Knight's father, David Charenor, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for 20 charges, including child rape and abuse. Received and left the party. Although he tried to rejoin the Liberal Democratic Party , his fiancé (current husband) Nathaniel Knight tweeted about his child's sexual delusions, so he was punished.

Regarding Mr. Knight, an article containing a sentence stating that 'There is a female candidate who refused to remain silent regarding the Amy Knight case' was deleted from Reddit. When a user inquired about this case to Reddit, he said, 'We have turned on automatic moderation measures to prevent harassment of employees such as sharing personal information.'

Reddit explained that the article was deleted because the scope of automatic moderation measures was wide, but according to the user, the account was sometimes banned when mentioning Mr. Amy Knight. Among Reddit users, the tendency to regard this case as 'censorship' has spread, and the protests have been overheated due to the fact that the incident involving Mr. Knight was related to child pornography. A total of 200 communities have been privatized, including some of the most popular communities such as r / Music and r / Among Us.

Following a series of protests, Reddit fired Knight for problems with the hiring process. 'Unless used as a means of harassment, discussion and criticism is one of Reddit's central topics. You shouldn't be banned just because you named a public figure,' said Steve Huffman. We take the anger and confusion about the problem and its implications as understandable. The employee in question is no longer part of Reddit and will improve the internal policy associated with this matter. ' ..

An update on the recent issues surrounding a Reddit employee: announcements
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