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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on mod revolt, building a legendary community & more | E1763

This Week in Startups

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The Importance of Freedom of Speech in Reddit

Reddit is a platform that we want people to enjoy and feel welcome on. When we do ban a community, it's because they were either breaking our explicit rules or really working against our mission. I'm curious as a Gen X or who grew up on a freedom of speech is a very important tenant for us here in America and in the West. But just like in our country, there are constraints on that. They're enumerated as clearly as we can in our content policy. No hate, bullying, spam, involuntary sexualization, inciting, glorifying violence involving kids. And by and large, pretty unarguable stuff.

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