
New Reddit CEO Vows to Silence Communities Deemed ‘Abusive’
Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman has outlined a new content policy that many users fear marks a new era of censorship on the platform.

Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman has outlined a new content policy that many users fear marks a new era of censorship on the platform.

When failed discrimination plaintiff Ellen Pao was appointed CEO of Reddit last January, many predicted that it would herald a new age of censorship on the link-sharing and discussion site. Those predictions appear to have come true, as a number of communities on the site (known as “subreddits”) have just been unilaterally shut down.