Corporate Bias Rating
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Reddit is High Risk. The company yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Reddit embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.
View Full Corporate Bias Ratings ReportHas canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
In 2020, after 800 site moderators petitioned the site’s administration to “ban hate speech”, Reddit instituted sweeping rule changes that led to the banning of numerous conservative subreddits (1). For example, the largest pro-Trump subreddit and various boards critical of certain aspects of gender ideology have been banned since the rule change (2)(3). The company has also acted against accounts that question the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and lockdown policies (4).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Reddit does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Board Bias
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