Reddit

California
Media and Entertainment, Software and Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Reddit, a blogging, discussion, and content aggregation website, has terminated posts and censored forums that supported Donald Trump, opposed certain aspects of gender theory, and questioned the efficacy of COVID-19 lockdown policies and vaccines. For these reasons, Reddit receives a High Risk rating.

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Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

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.

Risk Level
Rationale

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). Reddit has also acted against accounts that question the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and lockdown policies (4)

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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Rationale

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).

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Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Rationale

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).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Reddit has hosted internal LGBTQ Pride events, though the company has not externally promoted these causes (1)(2). Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman, however, is a signatory to CEOs For Gun Safety (3).

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Rationale

Reddit does not publicly fund ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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N/A
Rationale

Reddit does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying.

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
September 8, 2023

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