Reddit Bans Hate Speech

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Reddit came out and outright banned hate speech on its website on Monday. The move represented a hard-fought battle to get executives to ban the hateful content. Previously, its rules only banned content that encouraged or incited violence or material that threatened, harassed or bullied.

In doing so, the company pulled down "/r/The_Donald," the subreddit devoted to President Donald Trump.

Even in recent years, the company has flipped flopped on how it has felt. As a sampling:

Here's Nover's full write-up.

Elsewhere, our team reported on how Rubicon Project went through a rebrand (click for new name), TikTok was among apps banned in India (among other platforms used as communication tools) and Americans trust the CDC more than they do President Trump to give accurate Covid-19 information (here's the story).

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