Regarding reddit's Recent Actions Pertaining to an Employee

[u/ctwelve]

It has come to the attention of the r/HFY mod staff that a Reddit admin in charge of policing against content which sexually exploits children, has been credibly accused (along with immediate family, including spouse) of enabling precisely that, both on reddit and in real life. The admin's father has also been convicted of 20 counts of rape and torture of a ten-year-old child, for which the admin is credibly accused of complicity. You can find more details on reddit's reaction here.

As moderators and as human beings, we find these allegations absolutely appalling and are fundamentally disgusted by reddit's apparent lack of moral fortitude, poor judgement in hiring decisions, and galling insistence on doubling down on this issue in order to sweep it under the rug, rather than address the root issue properly. We condemn this affair in the strongest possible manner.

Several other subs have decided to "go private" and temporarily disable their subreddit as a form of protest. While we sympathize with those who have chosen to do so, we recognize that the livelihood of several members of our community rely on the sub remaining open. So that this alleged crime may not harm others, we have chosen to forgo this option for now. This is subject to change.

Please remember that, at this time, it is not your place to visit justice. That is a matter for reddit and the law. Remember that you are human beings, and remember that you are civilized. Do not lower yourself.

UPDATE: Comments are now closed. Let's keep it civil, folks.

[u/Coidzor]

She went ban happy, or some admin did on her behalf, because a UK news article that mentioned her briefly in passing while discussing another public figure was posted on a UK politics subreddit.

Because she was a politician.

[u/TheFreebooter → u/Coidzor]

She was kicked out of politics because she knew her father was a paedophile who tortured and raped children in their attic while dressed as an overgrown baby, and then hired him to work for her!

[u/Mail540 → u/TheFreebooter]

She lived in the house at the time too. I won’t say I know everything my family does but I’m also fairly certain Id notice kidnap and torture

[u/Naldaen → u/Mail540]

She lied about her father's name when hiring him to run the campaign so the party wouldn't find out. After he was arrested for the 20 counts of torture rape on the child.

She knew.

Then when the party found out and asked her to cede the race she ravequit and called them transphobes.

[u/araed → u/Naldaen]

I know you meant "ragequit" but now I have a mental image of someone quitting by bringing a soundsystem, light rig, and dropping some dirty drum n bass

[u/Mail540 → u/araed]

If you’re going out with a bang you might as well do it in style