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**Breaking** Reddit restricts popular Pro-Trump Forum--citing posts advocating violence (WAPO)
Pro-Trump message board “quarantined” by Reddit following violent threats
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/26/pro-trump-message-board-quarantined-by-reddit-following-violent-threats/?utm_term=.8bb8534e594f
The biggest forum for supporters of President Trump on Reddit has been “quarantined" following months of incitements to violence and other offensive behavior, the tech giant said Wednesday, in a move that could further inflame conservatives’ claims of social-media bias.
The forum, called “r/The_Donald,” has long served as a highly trafficked and controversial gathering place for supporters of Trump and Republicans on Reddit, America’s fifth-most popular website.
Created in 2015, “The_Donald” counts roughly 750,000 followers and advertises itself as “a never-ending rally dedicated to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.”
Reddit officials said on Wednesday that the board had allowed or encouraged months of “rule-breaking behavior,” including the “encouragement of violence towards police officers and public officials in Oregon.”
“We are clear in our site-wide policies that posting content that encourages or threatens violence is not allowed on Reddit,” Reddit spokeswoman Anna Soellner said in a statement to The Washington Post. “We are sensitive to what could be considered political speech,” she added, but “recent behaviors including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy.”
The action will effectively demote the forum on Reddit, restricting how its content is shared across the site and removing key features. It is not an outright ban, but will conceal the forum behind a warning and require viewers to verify they are sure they want to view its contents.
The forum, called “r/The_Donald,” has long served as a highly trafficked and controversial gathering place for supporters of Trump and Republicans on Reddit, America’s fifth-most popular website.
Created in 2015, “The_Donald” counts roughly 750,000 followers and advertises itself as “a never-ending rally dedicated to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.”
Reddit officials said on Wednesday that the board had allowed or encouraged months of “rule-breaking behavior,” including the “encouragement of violence towards police officers and public officials in Oregon.”
“We are clear in our site-wide policies that posting content that encourages or threatens violence is not allowed on Reddit,” Reddit spokeswoman Anna Soellner said in a statement to The Washington Post. “We are sensitive to what could be considered political speech,” she added, but “recent behaviors including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy.”
The action will effectively demote the forum on Reddit, restricting how its content is shared across the site and removing key features. It is not an outright ban, but will conceal the forum behind a warning and require viewers to verify they are sure they want to view its contents.
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