Paul Tamburro / GameRevolution:Reddit says it has cut ties with a controversial former UK politician who it had recently hired, after 200+ subreddits, like r/Music, went private to protestUPDATE: Reddit has now confirmed that it has fired Aimee Knight from her position with the company.
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Reddit’s most prominent subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’.
UPDATE: Reddit has actually currently validated that it has actually fired Aimee Knight from her placement with the firm. In a declaration uploaded to the subreddit r/announcements, chief executive officer Steve ‘Spez’ Huffman wrote:.
” As of today, the staff member concerned is no longer used by Reddit. We constructed a relationship with her very first as a mod and after that with her professional work with RPAN. We did not sufficiently veterinarian her background before formally employing her.
We have actually placed substantial effort into boosting exactly how we deal with doxxing and harassment, as well as this staff member was the subject of both. In this case, we over-indexed on security, which had major effects in regards to enforcement activities.”.
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INITIAL STORY: Numerous popular Reddit web pages have actually gone personal today, protesting against what they think to be censorship on the website. Subreddits varying from r/Music to r/AmongUs have currently end up being a personal community because of their belief that the company is censoring mention of one of its employees, complying with the removal of a write-up mentioning former British political figure Aimee Knight (née Challenor) from the r/UKPolitics subreddit.
Over 200 subreddits have actually gone exclusive as a result of Reddit’s claimed censorship, as areas with countless followers have actually shuttered their doors for an uncertain period of time. When customers attempt to see among these subreddits, they will rather be pointed to a message from customer u/Blank-Cheque outlining the factors for the demonstration.