{"id":309894,"date":"2021-03-25T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309894"},"modified":"2021-03-25T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:00:37","slug":"reddit-fires-administrator-who-protected-child-rapist-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reddit-fires-administrator-who-protected-child-rapist-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddit Fires Administrator Who Protected Child Rapist Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freddit-fires-administrator-who-protected-child-rapist-father%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=309894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3470.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an about-face, social media giant Reddit announced late Wednesday that it had fired a controversial administrator. As previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/reddit-faces-massive-user-protest-for-banning-criticism-of-controversial-employee\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the company had banned discussion of administrator Aimee Challenor by name and blocked news articles that discussed Challenor\u2019s ties to pedophiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement came after a successful protest by large portions of Reddit\u2019s userbase: Hundreds of subreddits, or forums, went private to protest the censorship. But the company\u2019s decision to censor discussion was a troubling step for a platform that had previously built a reputation for being largely hands off on content moderation, relying on volunteer moderators to police forums. Social media platforms have faced increasing criticism for aggressive content moderation, but Reddit\u2019s decentralized structure has protected it from much of the frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Culture<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/reddit-fires-administrator-who-protected-child-rapist-father\/\"><strong>Reddit Fires Administrator Who Protected Child Rapist Father<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/reddit-faces-massive-user-protest-for-banning-criticism-of-controversial-employee\/\"><strong>Reddit Faces Massive User Protest for Banning Criticism of Controversial Employee<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/review-we-are-as-gods\/\"><strong>REVIEW: \u2018We Are As Gods&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit CEO Steve Huffman posted on a major Reddit board, &#8220;As of today, the employee in question is no longer employed by Reddit. We built a relationship with her first as a mod and then through her contractor work on RPAN [Reddit\u2019s video streaming network]. We did not adequately vet her background before formally hiring her.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We\u2019ve put significant effort into improving how we handle doxxing and harassment, and this employee was the subject of both,&#8221; Huffman said. &#8220;In this case, we over-indexed on protection, which had serious consequences in terms of enforcement actions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doxxing is typically used to refer to the publication of private details about an individual, such as a home address. Reddit users expressed frustration in the comments of Huffman\u2019s post that Reddit was using the term to describe the discussion of widely publicized news stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reddit hired Challenor earlier this year. Users pointed out Challenor appointed her father as her campaign manager for a British election in 2017\u2014after he had been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl. Challenor was suspended by the British Green Party when the news came to light, and later was expelled by the Liberal Democrats after her fianc\u00e9 tweeted about his sexual interest in children.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an about-face, social media giant Reddit announced late Wednesday that it had fired a controversial administrator. 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