places pro-Donald-Trump forum in quarantine
| jadenfrancis |
Monday, December 2, 2019 at 6:41 AM |
The platform now warns visitors that some members of the community have been involved in making "threats of violence against police and public officials".
Users must now click an opt-in button to access The_Donald forum, and its content no longer appears in Reddit's search results or recommendations.
Members have complained of censorship.
The forum, which is known as a subreddit, has more than 760,000 subscribers and once hosted an "ask me anything" session with Donald Trump in which he replied to questions from the public before the presidential election.
"We are sensitive to what could be considered political speech, however, recent behaviours including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy," a spokeswoman for Reddit told the BBC.
