The social news site Reddit has occasionally been the topic of controversy due to the presence of communities on the site known as "subreddits" devoted to explicit or controversial material. 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. This started discussion in the media about the ethics of anonymity and outing on the Internet. The community, which featured graphic depictions of violence against women , was banned after its moderators were found to be sharing users' personal information online, and collaborating to protect one another from sitewide bans. The subreddit's leaders decided to ban individuals advocating for murder. He also expressed concern that he would be falsely labeled a child pornographer or anti-semite because of some of the subreddits he created. Reddit CEO Yishan Wong defended the content Brutsch contributed to the site as free speech and criticized efforts to ban the Gawker link on the same basis.
Police officer spared jail despite having 3,000 pictures of young girls on his computer
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Please refresh the page and retry. And in the first year of the offence, more than people were prosecuted. However, many victims do not come forward through fear or embarrassment. It means the real number of revenge porn crimes could be much, much higher. He was handed a suspended six month prison sentence after earlier pleading guilty to 11 charges of making offensive postings. Even celebrities have become targets, with actress Mischa Barton recently speaking out about being a victim.
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By Snejana Farberov. A year-old math teacher has been suspended from her job after it was revealed she had been posting half-naked photos of herself on Twitter and joking about using drugs at school. The page, which has since been taken down, included explicit photos of the blonde teacher along with multiple posts about smoking marijuana on school grounds. Questionable conduct: The year-old math teacher apparently referred to a student who called her Ms McCutie as 'jail bait' online. Racy: Carla's Twitter page included provocative photos along with many posts about using drugs. The explosive allegations came to light after 9News was tipped off about the Twitter account by a viewer Monday. McKinney later admitted to the TV station that she was behind the tweets. One post read: 'Naked. Stoned,' while another said: 'Watching a drug bust go down in the parking lot. It's funny cuz I have weed in my car in the staff parking lot.
Around 30 offending subreddits have been shut down, and Reddit is promising to keep on top of any new subreddits that emerge. In other words, Reddit is well aware that this is the beginning of the end for free speech, but that it has no choice in the matter. This is the slippery slope that Reddit and its passionate users talk about. The precedent is set. A photo of a boy or girl that is not sexually explicit is fine. All of the banned subreddits fall into this gray area. Furthermore, US child porn law covers digital images i. CGI that depict a minor in a sexually explicit way.
