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View submission: [Updated] Who runs /r/Holocaust? Each line represents a moderator overlap. [OC]
Fortunately, there's a replacement for r/xkcd at /r/xkcdcomic
Comment by zombiepiratefrspace at 23/07/2014 at 07:38 UTC
19 upvotes, 4 direct replies
What I don't understand is this: Reddit may "save face" by not interfering and thus avoiding a media scandal, but are they unaware that they, by doing this, created horrible liability issues?
At some point, somebody will snap and sue them because "Reddit is hosting a forum connected to my brand name under my brand name and Reddit is refusing to clean it of the blatant racism."
Btw: Is Reddit not also trying to expand into Germany? Are they aware that Holocaust denial is a criminal offense in Germany and will actually be prosecuted? So *if* somebody from Germany sues because their brand is being smeared with Antisemitism, Reddit might be in a lot of trouble.