We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.' This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits.
In 2012, Yishan Wong, the site's then-CEO, stated, 'We stand for free speech. 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.