Reddit explicitly banned hate speech today, the culmination of a yearslong debate over the limits of acceptable speech on the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet.”
The change came as Reddit issued a new set of sitewide rules, to which each individual community—or subreddit—on the platform must abide.
The first new rule expands on the oft-used “remember the human” guideline in the site’s “reddiquette,” and lays out that everyone has a right to use the platform “free of harassment, bullying and threats of violence.”
Reddit previously barred content that “encourages or incites violence” or “threatens, harasses or bullies,” but had not explicitly banned hate speech and racism.
Another new rule specifically outlaws “spam and malicious attempts to interfere with other communities.”
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