Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Reddit bans pro-Trump forum The_Donald and other communities that promote hate
CNN ^ | June 29, 2020 | Kaya Yurieff

Posted on 06/29/2020 12:53:50 PM PDT by ransomnote

On Monday, the social networking site said subreddits -- or forums -- and users that promote hate based on "identity or vulnerability" will be banned. As part of the policy change, Reddit is initially banning about 2,000 subreddits, including "The_Donald," a popular community supportive of President Donald Trump, where users often shared racist, misogynistic, homophobic and conspiracy content.

Reddit said "The_Donald" forum has consistently broken its rules, antagonized other communities, and the moderators have refused to meet Reddit's "most basic expectations." The company also said it has given the community warnings and changed its moderators. In 2019, it "quarantined" the forum, meaning people visiting the subreddit would see a warning message before accessing it and the forum's posts would not appear in search.

"All communities on Reddit must abide by our content policy in good faith. We banned r/The_Donald because it has not done so, despite every opportunity," Reddit said on Monday.

SNIP

The decision to ban "The_Donald" comes at a time when social media platforms are taking stronger stances against controversial content posted by Trump, or in the case of Reddit, by his apparent supporters. Twitter has increasingly been flagging Trump's tweets, Snapchat said it would no longer promote Trump's account on its platform and Twitch said Monday it would suspend an account belonging to the Trump campaign.

MORE AT LINK.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: clintonnonnews; cnn; kayayurieff; reddit; search; thedonald
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-56 next last
Coordinated effort among non network news outlets to silence conservatives completely.
1 posted on 06/29/2020 12:53:50 PM PDT by ransomnote
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

Imagine how the scumbags at CNN report this censorship with a straight face.


2 posted on 06/29/2020 12:56:08 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

Didn’t do that 6 months ago I thought.
And didn’t “The Donald” go and create their own independent web site?


3 posted on 06/29/2020 12:56:38 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

PROmote hate.............. Not sure about that. Oh, as THEY see it. In that case, anything Trump or anyone that supports him says is hateful. Now I get it.


4 posted on 06/29/2020 1:00:08 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SmokingJoe

The Donald has been inactive on reddit for seven months. They moved to TheDonald.win

They just cracked the top 1000 websites in the world.

I would encourage everyone here to create an account and join the party. The spicy memes are not subject to reddit Chicom censorship there.


5 posted on 06/29/2020 1:00:40 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!" Malachi 2:17 ESV
6 posted on 06/29/2020 1:03:04 PM PDT by loveliberty2 (`)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

Old news, most of people in subreddit moved on to greener pastures


7 posted on 06/29/2020 1:03:58 PM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TexasGurl24
I would encourage everyone here to create an account and join the party.

Done.

8 posted on 06/29/2020 1:04:10 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: SmokingJoe

I visited The_Donald a couple of weeks ago. It looked like nobody had posted there for weeks. The new forum is

https://thedonald.win/


9 posted on 06/29/2020 1:06:56 PM PDT by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

/r/The_Donald has been dormant for 4 months


10 posted on 06/29/2020 1:09:07 PM PDT by Steven W.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: beef

/r/hottiesfortrump/ is still there. Some NSFW stuff there.


11 posted on 06/29/2020 1:10:18 PM PDT by beef (Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

Commentary
The 100 Most Important Online Publishers

#7 Google

From its flagship search site to YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Google Maps, Google Docs and so much more, Google continues to capture eyeballs across the web.

#16 Twitter

Reaching an all-time u.s. high of 27 million visitors in May, according to comScore, twitter.com was up 13 percent over a year earlier. And, comScore notes, 85-90 percent of Twitter users visit the site each month.

Wait a minute. Don’t those two claim they are not publishers and can censor anything they want?


12 posted on 06/29/2020 1:13:51 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (uff)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TexasGurl24

Done, thanks.

First meme I see is a beaut!


13 posted on 06/29/2020 1:14:30 PM PDT by Chaguito
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

Yep. Milo, Alex Jones were a test run.


14 posted on 06/29/2020 1:15:51 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

The refugees started a new place and it is has skyrocketing readership. Head over to https://thedonald.win/


15 posted on 06/29/2020 1:16:34 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RightGeek

16 posted on 06/29/2020 1:17:31 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Williams

Have they ever banned The_obama or The_Hillary or The_Pelosi?


17 posted on 06/29/2020 1:17:43 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

They are laughing at the republicans empty threats of holding them accountable. That risk is negligable. The benefit of ignoring it is that they can go full force propagandists for the DNC and if Trump loses they will never have anything to fear from the government ever again. They will be the new state sanctioned propagandists and in love with the privileged.


18 posted on 06/29/2020 1:18:34 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RightGeek

19 posted on 06/29/2020 1:18:41 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: ransomnote

So basically, get over the idea that there is a 1st Amendment. Anything you say that I don;t like, I can just say HATE SPEECH. This is the NEW LEFT.


20 posted on 06/29/2020 1:19:58 PM PDT by rovenstinez (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-56 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson