Reddit eliminated extra offensive content material from its web site in 2022 than the yr prior, its just lately launched transparency report reveals.
Roughly 4 % of all content material shared on the platform was eliminated for violating Reddit’s Content material coverage or neighborhood guidelines.
Copyright notices elevated by 43 %, and removing requests from authorities and regulation enforcement companies elevated by 51 %. Authorized requests for account info from this supply went up by 61 %.
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In March 2022, the corporate modified its guidelines to make it simpler for individuals to report prohibited non-consensual intimate media. This led to the corporate banning 473 % extra subreddits regarding the matter in 2022 in comparison with the yr prior. Consumer accounts suspended for violating the rule elevated to 244 %.
“Wanting on the knowledge as an entire, it’s probably this improve is primarily reflective of our up to date insurance policies and elevated effectiveness in detecting and eradicating non-consensual intimate media from Reddit,” the corporate mentioned within the report.
The corporate additionally eliminated greater than 80,000 items of kid sexual abuse materials (CSAM), growing the determine by 874 % in comparison with the yr prior.
Reddit partially credit this determine to hiring extra workers centered on combating CSAM. “Moreover, we added new methods to share media (equivalent to photographs in chat and feedback) on the platform,” Reddit mentioned in its report.
The corporate says it can additionally share these experiences extra usually, transferring in direction of biannual publishing centered on six months of knowledge every time.
Supply: Reddit
