Justin Ward
1 min readJun 25, 2019

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Are these things happening on Reddit? If so, then yeah they should be banned. Social media companies have content policies, and enforcing them is not a violation of “free speech.” Reasonable content policies that are fairly enforced make using these platforms enjoyable, and the companies that operate these platforms are corporations who are in it for money.

There’s a reason why Gab sucks and doesn’t make money: No one uses it except Nazis. Even Nazis would rather use Twitter.

Why aren’t you crying “free speech” because Facebook is “censoring” hardcore pornography on your grandma’s timeline? Because you recognize that content policies exist for a practical reason. After Charlottesville, Reddit banned incitement to violence, which is something The_Donald does every. single. day. Other subs have been removed for the same content.

They use “remove kebab” a code for exterminating Muslims that was employed in an actual massacre of Muslims in New Zealand.

All this is laid out in the article, which I suggest you read next time, before getting on your horse and riding.

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Justin Ward
Justin Ward

Written by Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD

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