All quotes
“I believe the best defense against racism and other repugnant views, both on Reddit and in the world, is instead of trying to control what people can and cannot say through rules, is to repudiate these views in a free conversation, and empower our communities to do so on Reddit.”
— Steve Huffman, CEO and co-founder of Reddit2018-04-12
- Speaker
- Steve Huffman
- Role
- CEO and co-founder of Reddit
- Date
- 2018-04-12
- Type
- exec
Context
Responding to user questions about whether racism violated Reddit's rules, Huffman said it did not and defended leaving subreddits like r/The_Donald up, arguing repudiation beat removal.