Reddit CEO admits he modified posts on Donald Trump supporters’ ‘subreddit’
‘The CEO of user-generated news aggregator Reddit has admitted he modified posts on the most-visited Donald Trump community page of the discussion site after its users insulted him.
The controversy kicked off earlier this week after the New York Times countered unfounded ‘fake news’ claims that a Washington, DC, pizza restaurant was home to a child abuse ring allegedly run by Hillary Clinton and her campaign head John Podesta.
There was no evidence to support the claims, but the allegations became viral – on Reddit, too, with the ‘r/Pizzagate’ community gaining momentum.
That’s when Reddit intervened by shutting down the related ‘subreddit’ and posting, “We don’t want witchhunts on our site.”
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