The moderation rule was too broad, and this week it incorrectly suspended a moderator who posted content that included personal information.” Reddit didn’t respond to an email requesting comment. “Reddit activated standard processes to protect the employee from such harassment, including initiating an automated moderation rule to prevent personal information from being shared. “Earlier this month, a Reddit employee was the target of harassment and doxxing,” the post said. (The post didn’t mention Knight by name, and an administrator wrote that they were “unable to comment on specific employment details.”) Reddit reversed the ban and posted an explanatory statement, saying it was fighting a harassment campaign against an employee.
Reddit says it added filters as a result of harassment and doxxingĪs Reddit moderator Blank-Cheque’s post outlines, the current controversy exploded yesterday, when Reddit banned a UK politics subreddit moderator for linking to an article that mentioned Knight. Knight was previously suspended from the Green Party after selecting her father - later convicted of violent sexual assault on a child - as her election agent in a 2017 political campaign. Moderators are demanding a statement about Knight, whom Reddit apparently hired in recent months. More than 200 subreddits have set their status to private in the past day, including the 27 million-member forum r/Music, as well as large boards dedicated to Apple Mac computers and the games Among Us and Pokémon Go. Hundreds of Reddit communities have locked down to protest Reddit’s handling of a controversy involving former UK politician Aimee Knight. Mentioning a public figure’s name should not get you banned.” “Debate and criticism have always been and always will be central to conversation on Reddit-including discussion about public figures and Reddit itself-as long as they are not used as vehicles for harassment. We did not adequately vet her background before formally hiring her,” wrote Huffman. We built a relationship with her first as a mod and then through her contractor work on. As of today, the employee in question is no longer employed by Reddit. “We would like to give you all an update on the recent issues that have transpired concerning a specific Reddit employee, as well as provide you with context into actions that we took to prevent doxxing and harassment. CEO Steve Huffman posted a statement confirming that the site had been overzealous trying to prevent harassment, resulting in a moderator being banned for posting an article that referenced Knight’s name. Update, 6:45PM ET: Reddit says it’s cut ties with an employee widely identified as former UK politician Aimee Knight, following a shutdown of hundreds of communities.
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