Reddit Fires Aimee Knight As Controversial Hire Sees Hundreds of Subreddits Go Private

Reddit Fires Aimee Knight As Controversial Hire Sees Hundreds of Subreddits Go Private

3 years ago
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http://www.newsweek.com/reddit-aimee-knight-challenor-fired-hundreds-subreddits-private-protest-1578657

A Reddit employee whose hiring sparked a wave of communities to go private this week is no longer at the company, CEO Steve Huffman has confirmed.

Hundreds of communities went private this week in protest at the employment of a former U.K. politician called Aimee Knight, previously known under the surname Challenor, who was recently hired as an administrator by the popular messageboard platform.