The company said it would allow all speech from political leaders to remain on its platform, even if the posts were untruthful or problematic, because such content was newsworthy and in the public’s interest to read.įacebook has since come under increasing fire for its stance.
Twitch removed the videos from the president’s account.įacebook, the world’s largest social network, has said it refuses to be an arbiter of content. Trump’s channel had rebroadcast one of his campaign rallies from 2015, in which he denigrated Mexicans and immigrants, among other streams. Trump’s account for violating its policies against hateful conduct. On Monday, the streaming website Twitch suspended Mr. Trump’s Snapchat account after determining that his public comments off the site could incite violence. Snap also said it would stop promoting Mr. Trump’s tweets to refute their accuracy or call them out for glorifying violence. Twitter started adding labels last month to some of Mr. Some of the sites have recently become more proactive in dealing with these issues. While Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and others originally positioned themselves as neutral sites that simply hosted people’s posts and videos, users are now pushing them to take steps against hateful, abusive and false speech on their platforms.
Social media sites are facing a reckoning over the types of content they host and their responsibilities to moderate and police that content. Trump, who tweeted it to his 83 million followers. For years, many of the most viral Trump memes that broke through to Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere could be traced back to “The_Donald.” One video, “The Trump Effect,” originated on “The_Donald” in mid-2016 before bubbling up to Mr. Trump’s supporters, is by far the most active and prominent community that Reddit decided to act against. “The_Donald,” which has been a digital foundation for Mr. The vast majority of the forums that are being banned are inactive. Reddit said it was also banning roughly 2,000 other communities from across the political spectrum, including one devoted to the leftist podcasting group “ Chapo Trap House,” which has about 160,000 regular users. “‘The_Donald’ has been in violation of that.” “Reddit is a place for community and belonging, not for attacking people,” Steve Huffman, the company’s chief executive, said in a call with reporters. Trump’s online base, had consistently broken its rules by allowing people to target and harass others with hate speech. Reddit executives said the group, which has been highly influential in cultivating and stoking Mr. The community or “subreddit,” called “The_Donald,” is home to more than 790,000 users who post memes, viral videos and supportive messages about Mr. SAN FRANCISCO - Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites, on Monday banned its biggest community devoted to President Trump as part of an overhaul of its hate speech policies.
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