All quotes
“We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.”
— Yishan Wong, CEO of Reddit2012-10-16
- Speaker
- Yishan Wong
- Role
- CEO of Reddit
- Date
- 2012-10-16
- Type
- exec
Context
Wong's internal memo, leaked to Gawker, defended Reddit's hands-off moderation after the unmasking of notorious user Violentacrez. It became the canonical statement of early Reddit's free-speech doctrine.