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'''Reddit''' is an American news aggregator and social networking service where registered community members can submit content such as text posts and direct links. Registered users can then vote for or against these submissions. | '''Reddit''' is an American news aggregator and social networking service where registered community members can submit content such as text posts and direct links. Registered users can then vote for or against these submissions. | ||
Many [[ | Many [[fascist]] and [[conservative]] subreddits have been censored by Reddit. In 2017 Reddit banned the increasingly popular subreddit "r/[[AltRight]]".<ref>Violence, Censorship, and r/AltRightย http://www.altright.com/2017/02/02/violence-censorship-and-raltright/</ref> In 2020 the Pro-[[Donald Trump|Trump]] subreddit r/The_Donald was banned which had over 790,000 subscribers.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/06/29/reddit-permanently-bans-pro-trump-community-the_donald/ย Reddit Permanently Bans Pro-Trump Community โThe_Donaldโ]</ref><ref>[https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-reddit-bans-2000-communities-including-the-new-right-and-the-donald-in-censorship-wave/ Reddit Bans 2,000+ Communities Including 'The New Right' and 'The Donald' in Censorship Wave]</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 15 February 2024
Reddit is an American news aggregator and social networking service where registered community members can submit content such as text posts and direct links. Registered users can then vote for or against these submissions.
Many fascist and conservative subreddits have been censored by Reddit. In 2017 Reddit banned the increasingly popular subreddit "r/AltRight".[1] In 2020 the Pro-Trump subreddit r/The_Donald was banned which had over 790,000 subscribers.[2][3]