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by MyDamnUser 3493 days ago
I agree that the sub-reddit shouldn't have done that and i agree that it was in bad taste. However, i feel it's a bad idea to censor reddit. You're targeting a single commnunity, what is to stop you from doing it to others? How do you decide that this needs to be censored and this doesn't, i honestly think they handled this very poorly and reading it left a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm sorry if you disagree with me but this is my opinion.
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551199 3493 days ago
the_donald is now filtered from r/all. Quarantined. Subreddit for discussing the President elect and all things associated to him.

Does anyone know is there anything to allegation that b/c spez actions 'Reddit just lost their safe harbor protections. They are now legally liable for every post on Reddit.'[0]

[0] https://twitter.com/infinitechan/status/801627024431271936

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Cursuviam 3493 days ago
Before the Communications Decency Act, filtering could possibly be criteria for losing safe harbor protection, see Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co., but because of Section 230 of said act, which was added to enable websites to engage in moderation and filtering, reddit is fine.
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551199 3493 days ago
So those include modifying user posts without displaying it has been modified by mod? Reddit posts has been used in court as evidence.
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geezerjay 3493 days ago
To me, the egregious bit is how reddit is trying to simply brush aside this monumental problem by downplaying it as a mere "controversy" caused by nothing more than "editing some comments".

What? That moron hasn't targeted a particular political group for censorship, and to do so hasn't he showed the world that reddit is willing to go to any extent to manipulate users to follow their whims?

That is not a mere "controversy". This non-apology apology doesn't even scratch the surface of how appallingly awful reddit showed itself to be. In fact, this pathetic excuse for atonement is just yet another weak attempt at brushing aside the PR problem reddit created for themselves.

But it won't simply vanish, particularly when these stalinist characters still linger around.

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