Biography
Aimee Challenor (later Aimee Knight) is a British transgender political activist and former politician who was hired as a Reddit administrator in early 2021. In March 2021, after a moderator was suspended for linking an article that mentioned her, large numbers of subreddits went private in protest, objecting both to the suspension and to Reddit's failure to adequately vet her background before hiring. Reddit's CEO attributed the suspension to an overly broad automated moderation rule and announced that Challenor was no longer employed by the company; nearly 600 subreddits participated in the blackout at its peak. Concerns raised by users related to her father, who was convicted in 2018 of serious crimes against a child while serving as her election agent. Challenor herself has not been accused of any crime; the controversy centered on Reddit's vetting and moderation decisions.