Reddit's executives speak out for Black Lives Matter, but their site is a
known platform for the worst of online racism and hate. Now Reddit users
are rebelling and demanding racist language be banned -- let's back them
up!

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John,

Reddit calls itself "the front page of the internet" -- it has more than
1.5 billion visitors a month!

But it's also the front page for online hate, providing anonymous cover
for white supremacists who have inspired real-world killing sprees.


Now active Reddit users are speaking out, calling the company’s Black
Lives Matter support “hypocritical” and demanding the platform immediately
ban racist language and behavior.

Let's help them turn up the heat and take away this platform for
dangerous, hateful racists:

[ [link removed] ]Reddit: ban racist language and behavior, now!

This is a long-standing problem. In 2015, the Southern Poverty Law Center
called Reddit out as home to “the most violently racist” content on the
internet. Now the company is speaking out in support of Black Lives Matter
protests — but doing nothing to change its policy.

And it’s setting off a firestorm. Reddit’s co-founder just stepped down
from the board to be replaced by a Black person, and another former CEO
has called Reddit out for monetizing white supremacy. It's also facing a
rebellion of its most important users, with over 300 of its moderators
writing an open letter to the company.

Reddit has shown before it will listen to complaints about pages on its
site. If we act fast, we can help give this the final push it needs —
let’s shut down this safe space for hate:

[ [link removed] ]Reddit: ban racist language and behavior, now!

Websites like Reddit are visited by billions of people. They shouldn’t
provide safe harbour to racist, hateful views. It shouldn’t be up to us to
push these platforms to take better care of our shared online spaces, but
if they won’t act — let’s show them we will.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Danny and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Reddit Is Finally Facing Its Legacy of Racism, The Atlantic, June 12,
2020
[ [link removed] ]Racism is rampant on Reddit, and its editors are in open revolt,
Fortune, June 20, 2020

 

 

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