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Reddit itself is being censored right now banning users left and right due to shooting video

• danso 8y ago
  Just noticed r/watchpeopledie was banned about an hour ago: https://reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/b1hjtn/rwatchpeopledie_has_been_banned_please_discuss/ https://reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/b1hjtn/rwatchpe... Which makes sense, if Reddit wants to ban the Christchurch video. Banning just that video and not the many others posted and discussed daily would be a difficult needle to thread as a coherent policy.
  • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    This event doesn't seem to change the moral justification, or otherwise, for r/watchpeopledie? So why ban the sub now, rather than impose heavy moderation (or indeed do nothing?)?
    • danso 8y ago
      I'm arguing that there isn't a particular moral justification; it's driven by public relations. And one can hardly claim that Reddit was caught unawares by the potential for controversy -- r/watchpeopledie was quarantined half a year ago https://www.newsweek.com/reddit-quarantine-subs-toxic-controversial-moderators-1144663 https://www.newsweek.com/reddit-quarantine-subs-toxic-contro...