Responding to Celeb Photo Leaks, Reddit Scotches "Fappening" Subreddit

4chan might have introduced a DMCA policy, but Reddit goes farther: VentureBeat reports that the online community known as The Fappening has been dissolved by Reddit, in response to its use in posting and sharing many of the photos leaked from dozens of celebrities. This isnt the first time Reddit has decided to take action to ban certain questionable communities from its site, as its previously killed other subreddits like Creepshots for similar invasions of privacy as well as banned well-known power users shown to enable such actions. ... Reddit system admin Jason Harvey (aka alienth) attempted to cool some of the fuss by starting that discussion about why the company decided to ban the subreddit. Most of it boils down to Reddit waiting too long to speak up about it before making the decision to ban, while assuming its users would mostly understand why it took place. ... If Reddit is truly to be a platform thats open in any way, it needs transparency when (heavy handed) actions such as these are taken, said Reddit user SaidTheCanadian in response to Harvey, while also suggesting the company create a public log of sorts showing all banning actions as well as explanations for each instance of a banned community. I dont want to be part of a community where community voices are silenced without meaningful notice or explanation. (No one really does like that secret police feeling.) Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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