Reddit Bans Posting Unitedhealthcare Shooter’s Manifesto

Moderators of aggregate Reddit communities opportunity nan institution has banned posts that spot nan alleged manifesto of Luigi Mangione, who has been charged for execution successful nan sidesplitting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

In a position connected Wednesday, a moderator of r/popculturechat wrote (emphasis theirs):

We wanted to scope retired to show you each that we personification officially been notified by Reddit that we must adhere strictly to their site-wide rules regarding convulsive content. Specifically, Reddit has told america that we are not allowed to position Luigi Mangione’s manifesto, moreover if it is reported neutrally.

The moderator says that if they do not enforce nan guidelines “to nan letter,” location could beryllium site-wide imperishable bans connected personification accounts and “the imaginable shutdown of this subreddit.”

As a result, nan moderator squad is doing nan pursuing to adhere to Reddit’s rules:

It’s unclear if r/popculturechat is nan only subreddit to personification received a circumstantial informing from Reddit. A position from moderators of a subreddit astir Mangione claims that “Reddit is prohibiting posting nan manifesto” and that “the mods must region if posted,” but doesn’t opportunity wherever that accusation is from. A moderator of different subreddit, r/wineandcrimepodcast, posted a somewhat modified type of r/popculturechat’s relationship but says that “they had gotten warnings that immoderate of america did not.”

Reddit appears to beryllium taking immoderate actions of its own: a personification connected r/esist says that Reddit is deleting posts pinch excerpts from nan manifesto, “including my past post,” and that their narration has “a informing connected it for encouraging violence.”

But Reddit too seems to beryllium inconsistently removing nan manifesto, arsenic we were tin to find a nexus to nan manifesto successful Reddit hunt without overmuch work. Reddit’s caller AI-powered Answers instrumentality too showed maine accusation astir nan manifesto and wherever I could find it.

Reddit didn’t instantly reply to a petition for comment. The first norm of Reddit’s contented argumentation states that:

Remember nan human. Reddit is simply a spot for creating statement and belonging, not for attacking marginalized aliases susceptible groups of people. Everyone has a correct to usage Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and users that incite portion aliases that beforehand dislike based on identity aliases vulnerability will beryllium banned.

In its contented policy, Reddit too says that “we inquire that you abide by not conscionable nan missive of these rules, but nan reside arsenic well.”