The Reddit r/The_Donald has long been one space for racism, misogyny, homophobia and fanatical dedication to the 45th President of the United States. Today, after years of criticism, Reddit decided to take action against the 790.000 subscriber subreddit by banning it entirely.
The move is part of new policies against any hate speech after his protests Black Lives Matter which led to an initial ban of 2.000 communities.
Although only about 200 of these subreddits had more than 10 daily active users, other prominent subreddits such as r/chapotraphouse, a subreddit associated with a far-left podcast of the same name, were also banned today. name.
It was about time.
It should be noted that this is not the first time Reddit has banned r / The_Donald. As of 2019, subreddit had limited capabilities and its posts were hidden from the front pages of Reddit. However, the community has continued to grow to this day.