Reddit Bans Subreddit “r / donaldtrump” For “Repeated Policy Violation”
The group is one of the largest communities dedicated to the President.
Reddit has banned the “r / DonaldTrump” subreddit. The group is not directly affiliated with Trump or his campaign.
Axios was the first to cover the news. Like Facebook and Twitter when they temporarily banned the president from their respective platforms, the company cited the uprising in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for the ruling and the fact that the group has repeatedly violated its guidelines.
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“The site-wide Reddit policies prohibit content that promotes hatred or promotes, glorifies, encourages or encourages violence against groups of people or individuals, “a company spokesman told Engadget.
For this reason, we have proactively reached out to moderators to remind them of our guidelines and offer support or resources when needed. We have also taken action among the other companies cracking down on President Trump’s online presence in connection with Wednesday’s riots to include Shopify,
TikTok, and Twitch to ban the r / donaldtrump community since in the past Days of repeated violations of the guidelines. “The latter has disabled the account associated with the president and is preventing new content from being streamed.
Last June, Reddit banned r / the_donald, along with 2,000 other subreddits, for violating its then-new policies related to hate speech.
Before its ban, r / the_donald was one of the most notorious pro-Trump forums.
“The community has consistently hosted and voted for more content that broke the rules than average, antagonized us and other communities, and its modifications have refused to meet our most basic expectations,” said Reddit CEO Steve. Huffman, at the time.
Engadged / TechConflict.Com