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Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans `The_Donald' Subreddit
Reddit has banned 2000 subreddits, including "The Donald" for hate speech.
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit
"The community or “subreddit,” called “The_Donald,” is home to more than 790,000 users who post memes, viral videos and supportive messages about Mr. Trump. Reddit executives said the group, which has been highly influential in cultivating and stoking Mr. Trump’s online base, had consistently broken its rules by allowing people to target and harass others with hate speech.
“Reddit is a place for community and belonging, not for attacking people,” Steve Huffman, the company’s chief executive, said in a call with reporters. “‘The_Donald’ has been in violation of that.”
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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-bans-hundreds-subreddits-hate-speech-including-trump-community-n1232408
https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/hi3oht/update_to_our_content_policy/
Twitch, Reddit Crack Down on Trump-Linked Content as Industry Faces Reckoning
Twitch, Reddit crack down on Trump-linked content as industry faces reckoning:
Video streaming platform Twitch temporarily suspended President Donald Trump's channel and social media site Reddit banned a longtime forum used by his supporters in separate actions Monday aimed at curtailing hateful content that come as the tech industry grapples with its handling of the president.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman announced in a post that the r/The_Donald forum, which boasted over 790,000 subscribers as of earlier Monday, has been shuttered for frequent rule-breaking, antagonizing the company and other communities and for failing to “meet our most basic expectations.” Huffman said it’s one of about 2,000 newly banned forums — known as subreddits — including at least one prominent progressive community, as part of a broader crackdown aimed at “closing the gap between our values and our policies to explicitly address hate.”
“All communities on Reddit must abide by our content policy in good faith,” Huffman wrote. “We banned r/The_Donald because it has not done so, despite every opportunity.” Reddit said the ban took effect at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
Twitch, a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant Amazon, confirmed on Monday that it has separately suspended Trump's campaign channel on the platform for posting videos that ran afoul of its rules against content that “promotes, encourages or facilitates discrimination, denigration, objectification, harassment or violence” based on an individual’s identity.
A company spokesperson said the channel violated its rules by rebroadcasting a video of Trump's 2015 event kicking off his presidential candidacy, in which he referred to Mexican immigrants as “rapists." At the time, Trump said, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best," adding, "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @05:30AM (33 children)
Twitter needs to just cancel his account. With out twitter, Trump has no policy, no plan, no leadership. And he would try to sue them, a private company, for denying service to a bigot who has repeatedly violated the private contract of terms of service? Another Trump loss in a court of law. C'mon, twitter, a grateful nation will thank you!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @06:03AM (27 children)
When Twitter becomes property of the United States by virtue of being essential to official government business, all your libertarian bullshit about private company ownership will be meaningless, you fucking ass troll. Trump will fucking win, moron.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:16AM (14 children)
Then you will kiss goodbye any guarantee of no matter what individual right, use the US Constitution as ass-wipes and welcome the unrestrained fascism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:34AM (10 children)
Let me guess, you've never heard of eminent domain. You don't have the rights you think you have, delusional libertarian shitstain. Your private property is yours only so long as Trump doesn't want it. That's right, you Rearden-loving asswipe. Go fuck off with your gay lover Galt and hope Trump doesn't shove a nuclear warhead up your Gulch.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:42AM (9 children)
You mean the Internet was emitted by Trump and the Trump can take it back?
You know that Twitter can stay Twitter even if its infrastructure is located in Ireland. Or UK. Or Japan. Or even Russia. What exactly you think Trump can do to take Twitter back?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:50AM (6 children)
Twitter is a publicly traded corporation of which all the stock can be seized and the corporation can be made a public utility.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:02AM (5 children)
The moment that would happen, all the major US companies will move their business elsewhere.
Rightly so, because they are responsible to their stockholders, not to Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:20AM (4 children)
The moment after every American corporation expatriates, they all start paying huge tariffs if they ever want to do business in America. You know every corporation wants that sweet American slice of the advertising pie, after all, Americans are dumb shit consumers with money to burn.
Face it, libertarian dumb fuck. Sovereign states have vastly more power than you and your corporate cronies. Your precious little corporations exist only because the state allows them to exist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:34AM
Not enough money to burn after the 0.1%-ters take their money away.
See?... nobody to trickle down money, so no more money to burn, US becomes Somalia.
This is the bed the 'muricans made for themselves to lay in and dream the 'murican dream.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @09:16AM (2 children)
Until those business start telling people en mass that so-and-so is unavailable or too expensive because of their government policies. Stoke a popular revolt just enough on both sides and watch them do all the hard work. A few members of the leadership run out of town, so to speak, and the rest will be kissing that corporate ass to make the pain stop.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Pav on Sunday July 05 2020, @02:48PM (1 child)
You mean like Napster?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 06 2020, @06:11AM
No, like Montana Power. A cautionary tale, if ever there was.
(Score: 2) by EETech1 on Monday July 06 2020, @06:22AM (1 child)
There's already a replacement Twitter...
https://www.cnet.com/news/parler-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-twitter-alternative-for-conservatives/ [cnet.com]
And plenty of replacements for Reddit...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @07:23PM
Just like Conservapedophila and Gob! Internets for the racists of us!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @09:23AM (2 children)
Is the unrestrained fascism only good if outsourced to a megacorp? Doublethink FTW.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @09:44AM (1 child)
Can you name which megacorp is fascist and demonstrate it?
I'll be generous: pick whatever definition of fascism [wikipedia.org] you find appropriate, state your pick and then demonstrate, single thinkedly, your assertion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @10:40AM
Oh, that's easy. I'll pick the insult definition [wikipedia.org], and state that Microsoft is fascist, simply because it achieved and maintained its dominance by using illegal business practices rather than on technical merit.
But to be frank, I can easily match the definitions of Dimitrov (Wall Street), Trotsky (the entire subversion of fair elections by the political apparatus: gerry-mandering, multiple stages of winner-takes-all, and the electoral college itself) and Roosevelt (the USMIC) to current US society too.
(Score: 2) by AnonTechie on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:41AM (10 children)
Next demand, all popular websites like Google, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, etc. should be nationalised ...
Albert Einstein - "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:01AM (7 children)
Go look at IRS.gov sometime and see an official web site of the United States Government. Now sure Trump could have ordered a tweety site to be made for his tweety business, but he didn't, and now Twitter is de facto hosting official government communications. If Twitter tries to cut off Trump, he can just seize Twitter.com and make it an official web site of the United States Government in the public interest. The public would support him in this move too, because everyone knows Twitter is where the POTUS communicates to the people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:04AM
LOL [fivethirtyeight.com]
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:16AM (5 children)
+1 or -1 delusional
?
Capitalism/CAPITALIZE
Nationalism/Nationalize
Socialism/Socialize
Free enterprise
does no one on the internet use a dictionary?
(don't expect anyone to understand any economic theory)
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:46AM (4 children)
Pandemic? Distancize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Sunday July 05 2020, @09:13AM (1 child)
I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing but this is as close as I could get.
Disease a very bad joke
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @09:47AM
A good thing then that you didn't breach the recommended 1.5m distance. (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday July 05 2020, @06:33PM (1 child)
Distance is a noun. It has been verbed. The verb for distance is distance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:16PM
But "distancing" is a gerund. What is your point? I find you very concerning.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:40AM
They already were. That's how all of these same sites ban the same people on the same day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @02:15PM
Start with Myspace.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:07AM
Another useless Trumptard waxed into the trap of revenge spam-modding. Say good bye to your twitter!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @06:53AM
Without Trump, Twatter has no income.
Trump should really consider opening an account with the "Evil literal Nazi"-Twitter alternatives and mirror his posts there. Competition is great!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @07:59AM (2 children)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:09AM (1 child)
Go ahead and try to silence Trump's voice, and emergency alerts will blast out of your phone until you listen.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 05 2020, @08:27AM
Why would I even bother trying? He's pretty good at becoming irrelevant and inconsequential without my help.
Sorry, it doesn't work, I still don't listen to annoying spammers.
Besides, as someone living in Australia, kicking Trump out of Twitter will blast silence out of my phone from that direction. That silence I'd listen and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Tuesday July 07 2020, @03:52AM
I 100% believe that Twitter has the right to do this, and I would vigorously oppose any legislation to prevent it. I have the right to control who shouts from my front porch, and they have the same right to theirs.
That said, I think it would be an incredibly foolish business decision.