Reddit bans 7000 subreddits in hate speech crackdown, but says there's 'more work to do'

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The social media company found hateful posts on the site dropped by nearly one fifth

Online hate speech has become a growing concern in recent years leading to calls for tech giants to act faster on the matter.Reddit found hateful posts dropped by 18 percent on the site compared to the two weeks prior to the ban.

 

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All right wing I bet.

Not that it's more than their duty, but considering how 'hard' it is for some bigger websites to do this minimum... Congratz reddit !

I've seen the things they've CENSORED which have since been removed... This isn't an exercise just in racist speech, it's also against genuine, honest discussion. Quite disgusting they seem to have used little to no nuance.

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