Former Reddit director accuses him of condoning racial hatred

Ellen Pao, former director of Reddit, accused her former company on Tuesday of not doing enough to combat hateful and discriminatory speech. She reacted to a message sent by Steve Huffman, the current CEO of the platform, to his employees, in support of the demonstrations of the Black Lives Matter movement, reports The Verge . He said that the group "does not tolerate hatred, racism or violence. And although there is still much to do to combat them, our positions are clear. ”

I am obligated to call you out: You should have shut down the_donald instead of amplifying it and its hate, racism, and violence. So much of what is happening now lies at your feet. You don't get to say BLM when reddit nurtures and monetizes white supremacy and hate all day long https://t.co/VN5XCiYp5g

"I feel compelled to question you," she wrote on Twitter. The former leader says that "many of the things that are happening today are your responsibility" because "Reddit maintains and monetizes white supremacism and hatred over time."

Hate speech and verbal abuse

The former director is proof of the attitude of the social network towards the community "the_donald", a support group for Donald Trump active on the platform since 2015. This highly criticized space has been reported many times for violation of rules because of hate speech and verbal abuse, says The Verge .

However, it was not until 2019 that it was no longer referenced. However, it remains accessible to users whose email address has been verified, says Presse-Citron. Ellen Pao had voluntarily left Reddit after being targeted by censorship charges related to her role in eliminating five "subreddits" whose content incited harassment.

Several very popular groups on the platform protested the lack of action of the portal. Some have become private or have disabled the possibility of posting messages permanently or for eight minutes and 46 seconds: this is the time during which a Minneapolis policeman crushed with his knee the neck of George Floyd, an Afro -46 year old American who died during his arrest on May 25.

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