Reddit`s response to these requests is shown in the graph below. Note that all requests from the European Union came from Europol, with the exception of 1 from Germany (content that was not made available by the requesting country for legal reasons) and 1 from Denmark (content that was completely removed from Reddit due to content policy violations). Before we process a request from you regarding your personal information, we need to verify the request through your access to your Reddit account or a verified email address associated with your Reddit account. If we reject your request, you can appeal our decision by contacting us at redditdatarequests@reddit.com. More specific claims were made about r/MensRights in particular, stating that it showed anger “at any program designed to help women” and that the subreddit “exchanges various conspiracy theories,” using a moderator`s statements as an example of this behavior. [144] Media outlets such as the Huffington Post interpreted the report to mean that the subreddit was a hate group. [145] The term “chimpire refers to a collection of subreddits and affiliated websites that promote anti-Black racism, including the frequent use of racist slurs. In June 2013, the r/nigger subreddit was banned from Reddit for election manipulation, incitement to violence, and using racist content to disrupt other communities. Dozens of Reddit users then made requests for these nude photos, which were to be shared with them via a private message. [83] Other Reddit users drew attention to this discussion, and the r/jailbait forum was subsequently shut down by Reddit administrators on October 11, 2011.
[83] Critics, such as the creator of r/jailbait, have denied claims that this thread was the basis for the decision, instead claiming that it was an excuse to shut down a controversial subreddit due to recent negative media coverage. [3] Others claimed that the thread that allegedly triggered the shutdown was created by members of the Something Awful forum to close the section, not by forum regulars. [84] Shortly after r/jailbait closed, the similar subreddits r/teen_girls, r/niggerjailbait and r/picsofdeadjailbait were closed. [ref. needed] In 2015, Reddit introduced a quarantine policy to make it harder for some subreddits to visit. If you visit or join a quarantined subreddit, you should ignore a warning message. [5] Since 2018, subreddits can appeal their quarantine. [6] Some subreddits are blocked after unsuccessful quarantines. Meanwhile, my wife and I were placing ads for homes and had to take an offer we had made for a house and stop buying a house because we had no money and no indication as to whether it would be returned.
Obviously, no one can provide legal assistance here. But does anyone have experience with something like that? Do I have something I should probably contact a lawyer for? Gawker`s exit of Brutsch as u/violentacrez led to controversial discussions about privacy and anonymity online. [31] These discussions included allegations that the release or “doxing” was necessary to draw attention to the offensive content so that it could be removed, while others argued that it hindered people`s ability to exercise their right to legal freedom of expression online for fear of public reprisal. [32] [33] “Pizzagate” is a conspiracy theory that emerged from social media and fake news websites in early November 2016, falsely claiming the existence of a child trafficking ring involving Democratic Party officials and restaurants such as Comet Ping Pong. The r/pizzagate subreddit, which emerged from r/The_Donald, was dedicated to discussing this conspiracy theory and had over 20,000 followers. [89] This subreddit was launched on the 23rd. It was banned in November 2016 for violating Reddit`s policy against doxing, as users allegedly posted the personal information of people allegedly linked to the conspiracy. [90] Following the Christchurch mosque shooting (March 15, 2019), other anti-Muslim messages were posted on the subreddit.
[46] The subreddit was suspended on April 25, 2019, for violating Reddit`s content policy regarding violent content. After the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, members of the r/findbostonbomber subreddit falsely identified a number of people as suspects, including a 17-year-old track and field athlete and a 22-year-old Brown University student who had been missing since March. [126] A body purporting to be that of Brown`s missing student, who was falsely identified as a suspect in a Boston bombing and had been missing for a month earlier, was found in Providence River, Rhode Island, on April 25, 2013, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. [127] [128] The cause of death was determined to be suicide. [129] The subreddit was later made private. [130] The “baby name shame” was a hot topic on the subreddit, quickly garnering 1,500 comments in less than 24 hours.
