Reddit and other tech companies have long been under fire for allowing false information and discriminatory ideologies to spread on their platforms, and for weak or inconsistent enforcement of policies against hate speech and harassment. Ohanian, who said he had been moved by the protests over the killing of George Floyd, asked that his board seat be filled by a Black candidate. It also followed the resignation this month of Alexis Ohanian, one of Reddit’s co-founders, from the company’s board of directors. The bans - which coincided with a wave of aggressive moves by other large internet platforms including Facebook and YouTube - came after hundreds of Reddit moderators signed a letter urging the company to take racism seriously. To Kelley and other Black moderators, it was a sign that the company might finally begin real work to stem the flow of harassment and abuse they faced on a daily basis. Reddit’s move to overhaul content policy and ban some 2,000 subreddits, or forums, is one of the most sweeping enforcement actions the company has taken to date.
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