Blocked, filtered, and fined abroad

Network-measurement research by the Open Observatory of Network Interference found reddit.com blocked by Iranian ISPs as part of the country's centralized filtering regime, a block that has persisted for years.

Indonesia blocked Reddit (alongside Vimeo and Imgur) in 2014 under its 'Internet Positif' anti-pornography filtering regime, and the block has persisted for over a decade.

In August 2015 Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor blacklisted all of Reddit over a single post containing a guide to growing psilocybin mushrooms, then lifted the block a day later when Reddit restricted the content.

In 2017 Reddit complied with Turkish government censorship orders by geo-blocking subreddits, predominantly LGBTI communities, which were withheld at source under Turkey's 'obscenity' provisions.

In August 2018 Reddit became inaccessible in mainland China, joining Google, Facebook, and Twitter behind the Great Firewall, with the platform remaining blocked into the 2020s.

Germany's Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) imposed strict 24-hour removal timelines and transparency reporting on large social platforms, with fines up to €50 million, setting an early template for the content-moderation duties now binding on platforms including Reddit.

India's IT Rules 2021 and Section 69A blocking powers brought Reddit within a confidential, executive-driven content-takedown regime, with intermittent ISP-level blocking of Reddit reported across the period.

Network measurements confirm that reddit.com is blocked on UAE networks, with the country's ISPs returning the platform as unreachable since around 2022 and no official reason given.

A Moscow court fined Reddit two million rubles in August 2023 — its first such penalty in Russia — for failing to remove content the authorities deemed illegal, including material about the war in Ukraine.