Reddit boots hundreds of accounts linked to Russian trolls
https://www.cnet.com/news/reddit-boots-hundreds-of-accounts-linked-to-russian-trolls/
The news discussion site said in its annual transparency report that it removed 944 accounts it suspects were created by the Internet Research Agency, a group linked to Russian propaganda efforts across social media. The report comes after Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed in March that his company was cooperating with a congressional investigation into whether Reddit was a source of misinformation during the 2016 US election campaign.
Huffman said the vast majority of Russian-linked accounts banned had little to no clout on the network, according to the report, which noted that 70 percent had a zero rating on Reddit's karma scale -- how the site ranks the value of users' contributions. He also noted that several hundred accounts were banned before the 2016 election through routine Trust and Safety reviews.