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Twitch suspends Donald Trump's account as Reddit bans his supporters community
On the same day streaming platform Twitch suspended Donald Trump's account for violating their hateful conduct policy and social networking site Reddit banned its largest group supportive of the president.
The subreddit called The_Donald was the most popular community devoted to supporters of the president and included more than 790,000 users who often use the space to post political memes and videos. Reddit executives have accused the group of targeting and harassing individuals and consistently breaking its conduct rules.“Reddit is a place for community and belonging, not for attacking people,” Steve Huffman, the company’s chief executive told reporters on Monday.
As expected, Reddit has banned The_Donald.This is why we closed up shop there and migrated to https://t.co/6lTh9kUqK6 3 months ago. Writing was on the wall.Meanwhile, they allow subreddits entirely dedicated to doxing police officers to thrive. pic.twitter.com/Z8APcqXKGd
— TheDonald.win (@thedonaldreddit) June 29, 2020
Reddit banned multiple other accounts for violating their policies, as well, though some have accused the company of using a mass ban to cover up a bias against the Trump community."Reddit's ban a bunch of mostly irrelevant subreddits (apart from ChapoTrapHouse) is just cover to ban r/The_Donald, which was the largest pro-MAGA community on the Internet," tweeted YouTuber and Human Events managing editor Ian Miles Cheong.
This is so pathetic. Reddit has capitulated to the moral panic and effectively upended the entire content moderation structure that made Reddit popular in the first place. As usual, the cry-bullies screaming "harassment" and "abuse" get their way https://t.co/hSBpAzu5Ii
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) June 29, 2020
Twitch banned @realDonaldTrump's account on the same day Reddit banned his supporter's community. It appears there is coordinated political censorship happening in Silicon Valley... Time to get serious about protecting free speech. #Section230
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) June 29, 2020
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