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#THE LONG DARK MODS REDDIT UPDATE#

(The post didnвЂ™t mention Knight by name, and an administrator wrote that they were вЂњunable to comment on specific employment details.вЂќ) 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 doxxingДЄs Reddit moderator Blank-ChequeвЂ™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 PokГ©mon Go. Hundreds of Reddit communities have locked down to protest RedditвЂ™s handling of a controversy involving former UK politician Aimee Knight. Mentioning a public figureвЂ™s name should not get you banned.вЂќ вЂњDebate 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,вЂќ wrote Huffman.

#THE LONG DARK MODS REDDIT MOD#

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.

#THE LONG DARK MODS REDDIT UPDATE#

вЂњWe 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 KnightвЂ™s name. Update, 6:45PM ET: Reddit says itвЂ™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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