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Reddit Rises Up Against CEO for Hiding Russian Trolls | The Daily Beast

Reddit users rebelled en masse against the site’s CEO for concealing Russian troll activity the site now admits it knew about, and for not working fast enough to ban dangerous and extremist communities.

Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman admitted the site has been targeted by at least “a few hundred” troll accounts in an announcement to Reddit users on Monday, four days after a Daily Beast investigation confirmed for the first time that Russia’s troll farm used the platform.

Source: Reddit Rises Up Against CEO for Hiding Russian Trolls | The Daily Beast