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u/anutensil
Power moderator at the center of the 2014 r/technology censorship/keyword-filter scandal
- Known for
- Power moderator at the center of the 2014 r/technology censorship/keyword-filter scandal
- Scope
- moderated major default subreddits including r/technology
Background
anutensil was a senior moderator on r/technology during the 2014 scandal in which the subreddit secretly used an AutoModerator keyword filter to remove posts containing terms like 'NSA,' 'Snowden,' 'Bitcoin' and 'Tesla.' Reporting described the moderator removing fellow mods amid the dispute, and Reddit ultimately stripped r/technology of its default status. anutensil was removed and later reinstated by top mod maxwellhill.