Even before that, the platform had also prevented posts on the subreddit from reaching the front page. Last year, the company “quarantined” the page- meaning it was placed behind a warning screen- over comments that Reddit said incited violence.
Over the years, Reddit has cracked down on the page multiple times for violating its policies. The page has long been accused of sharing hate speech, conspiracies theories, and promoting violence. While it does not have an official connection to Trump, he has been known to share memes from it, and in July 2016, when he was running for president, he did an Ask Me Anything. The subreddit was created in 2015 when Trump was running for president and quickly became a very significant online base for him, boasting just under 800,000 users. “Communities and users that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned,” the post said.Īs a result of those new rules, Reddit also announced that it was banning about 2,000 subreddits, notably including r/The_Donald, the main forum for Trump supporters on the platform. In a post on the platform, Reddit announced that it had rolled out several new content rules, including updates to its policies that more explicitly ban hate speech.
Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube all took steps to crack down on President Donald Trump and right-wing accounts Monday.
The same day, Twitch temporarily suspended President Trump’s account over two videos from rallies where he made racist remarks against the Latinx community– marking the first time one of the president’s personal accounts has been suspended.Reddit banned nearly 2,000 subreddits on Monday, including r/The_Donald, arguing it violated its new policies on hate speech, among other rules.
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