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Summary:
Reddit, a blogging, discussion, and content aggregation website, has terminated posts and censored forums that supported Donald Trump, opposed postmodern gender ideology, and questioned the efficacy of COVID-19 lockdown policies and vaccines. Reddit has vocally supported the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and hosts internal Pride events. For these reasons, Reddit receives a "High Risk" rating.
Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
Reddit has a long history of terminating user accounts for political reasons. One instance is the banning of a pro-Donald Trump board in 2020 for “promoting hate speech” (1). More recently, Reddit has banned boards that critique postmodern gender ideology (2). Reddit has also acted against accounts that question the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and lockdown policies (3).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Reddit Inc. does not have a donation program. It does pay for employees to take time off to volunteer, but it does not list the criteria for which organizations are eligible for this program (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Reddit does not explicitly protect individuals from viewpoint discrimination but does state that “Our vision at Reddit is to have a workforce representative of people with different perspectives and experiences, including but not limited to […] political views” (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Reddit does not openly fund ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Reddit does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying.
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December 24, 2022
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