Why Reddit Is Losing Its Battle with Online Hate

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Over the past several years, Reddit has moved to ban toxic, racist boards like r/EuropeanNationalism and r/MillionDollarExtreme, while allowing other communities, like r/CringeAnarchy and the r/The_Donald, to stay online even as their users posted racist c omments in the wake of mass shootings and defended such violence.

And according to the authors of a June academic paper on the company’s moderation practices, unless Reddit makes significant changes to how it enforces its policies, the company will always be at least one step behind in its battle against hateful content.