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| '''Reddit''' is a [[United States of America|US]]-based social media site which is centered around topic-specific communities called subreddits. Users can submit text or image posts to be voted on in each community, and users can also comment and vote on comments. It is the eighth most visited website in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Jessica Ashooh: The Taming of Reddit and the National Security Plant Tabbed to Do It|date=2021-06-11|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh-reddit-national-security-state-plant/277639/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730113847/https://www.mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh-reddit-national-security-state-plant/277639/|archive-date=2022-07-30|retrieved=2022-08-05}}</ref> | | '''Reddit''' is a US-based social media site which is centered around topic-specific communities called "subreddits." Users can submit text or image posts to be voted on in each community, and users can also comment and vote on comments. It is the eighth most visited website in the [[United States of America|United States]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Jessica Ashooh: The Taming of Reddit and the National Security Plant Tabbed to Do It|date=2021-06-11|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh-reddit-national-security-state-plant/277639/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730113847/https://www.mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh-reddit-national-security-state-plant/277639/|archive-date=2022-07-30|retrieved=2022-08-05}}</ref> |
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| Fears of censorship of certain communities have led to users looking for alternatives. For example, censorship of the [[GenZedong|/r/GenZedong]] subreddit has led them to join [[Lemmygrad]], a pro-[[Communism|communist]] instance of the [[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] alternative to Reddit, [[Lemmy]]. | | Fears of censorship of certain communities have led to users looking for alternatives. For example, the [[GenZedong|/r/GenZedong]] subreddit's fears of being censored has led them to join [[Lemmygrad]], a pro-[[Communism|communist]] instance of the [[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] alternative to Reddit, Lemmy. |
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| == Censorship == | | == Censorship == |
| In August 2013, r/news moderator douglasmacarthur banned the Russian news outlet [[RT (TV Network)|RT]] from the subreddit. r/politics soon banned many alternative media sources, including [[AlterNet]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Katie Rucke|newspaper=MintPress News|title=Reddit Moderators Ban Alternative Media Outlets|date=2013-11-08|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-moderators-ban-alternative-media-outlets/172279/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231628/https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-moderators-ban-alternative-media-outlets/172279/|archive-date=2020-11-11|retrieved=2022-08-06}}</ref> In 2021, multiple subreddits with a total of 10 million users banned the [[World Socialist Web Site]] as a source.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kevin Reed|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=Why is the World Socialist Web Site still blacklisted on the Reddit r/coronavirus and r/politics forums?|date=2021-06-15|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/15/whyi-j15.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804142959/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/15/whyi-j15.html|archive-date=2022-08-04|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref>
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| Reddit has deleted hundreds of thousands of accounts linked to the [[Russian Federation|Russian]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Iranian]], and [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] governments at the request of Western intelligence organizations. It does not ban accounts connected to Western [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|capitalist governments]].<ref name=":0" /> | | Reddit has deleted hundreds of thousands of accounts linked to the [[Russian Federation|Russian]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Iranian]], and [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] governments at the request of Western intelligence organizations. It does not ban accounts connected to Western [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|capitalist governments]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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| === Banned subreddits ===
| | In August 2013, r/news moderator douglasmacarthur banned the Russian news outlet [[RT (TV Network)|RT]] from the subreddit. r/politics soon banned many alternative media sources, including [[AlterNet]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Katie Rucke|newspaper=MintPress News|title=Reddit Moderators Ban Alternative Media Outlets|date=2013-11-08|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-moderators-ban-alternative-media-outlets/172279/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231628/https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-moderators-ban-alternative-media-outlets/172279/|archive-date=2020-11-11|retrieved=2022-08-06}}</ref> |
| In June 2020, Reddit banned the far-left r/ChapoTrapHouse community, which had 160,000 users.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kevin Reed|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=Reddit bans 2,000 communities in major censorship action|date=2020-07-02|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/02/redd-j02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618194442/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/02/redd-j02.html|archive-date=2022-06-18|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref> Reddit banned the pro-[[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] community r/MoreTankieChapo, which had about 25,000 users, for "promoting hate."<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Reddit|title=This community has been banned|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/MoreTankieChapo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205154920/https://www.reddit.com/r/MoreTankieChapo|archive-date=2020-12-05}}</ref> | |
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| === Quarantined subreddits ===
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| Reddit quarantined r/FULLCOMMUNISM in September 2018<ref>{{Web citation|author=ComradeGirl|newspaper=Reddit|title=FULLCOMMUNISM Quarantined!|date=2018-09-29|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/9jfudh/fullcommunism_quarantined/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004085519/https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/9jfudh/fullcommunism_quarantined/|archive-date=2018-10-04|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref> and r/GenZedong in March 2022.<ref>{{Web citation|author=ComradeStalin69|newspaper=Reddit|title=Breaking news: r/GenZedong has been quarantined|date=2022-03-23|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/comments/tkurmc/breaking_news_rgenzedong_has_been_quarantined/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323141840/https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/comments/tkurmc/breaking_news_rgenzedong_has_been_quarantined/|archive-date=2022-03-23|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref> At the time it was quarantined, GenZedong had over 56,000 users.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Reddit|title=GenZedong|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322230628/https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/|archive-date=2022-03-22|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref> Quarantined subreddits are not deleted, but they can only be accessed by verified users and display a warning message.
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| == U.S. government connections == | | == U.S. government connections == |