135 subreddits are 'going dark' to protest Reddit's refusal to ban COVID disinformation
Popular Reddit communities are staging a protest over the site's refusal to block pages that spread COVID disinformation, with 135 subreddits barring non-members from joining or viewing their pages, the Guardian reported.
Among the subreddits "going dark" are some of the largest on the site, including r/Futurology and r/TIFU, which each have 10 million members.
"Weaponized misinformation is a key problem shaping our Future. Reddit won't enforce their policies against misinformation, brigading, and spamming. Misinformation subreddits such as NoNewNormal and r/conspiracy must be shut down. People are dying from misinformation," the moderators of r/Futurology posted.
The page r/NoNewNormal has been a particular target of the protest and contains many anti-mask and anti-vaccine posts. Though the group was barred from showing up on the Reddit homepage, the protesting subreddits have said the page should be removed entirely.
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