Biography
Yishan Wong is an American technology executive who served as CEO of Reddit from 2012 until his resignation in November 2014, having previously held engineering roles at PayPal and Facebook. During his tenure he articulated a strong free-speech position, stating that Reddit would not ban legal content even when staff found it 'odious,' while still introducing some moderation against harassment and illegal material. His leadership coincided with the high-traffic 2014 'The Fappening' episode and other content controversies. He resigned after the board declined to support his proposal to relocate Reddit's offices, and he later founded the reforestation startup Terraformation.