Lots of subreddits set to private?

[D C]

Lots of subreddits seem to have been set to private. I am unable to view r/apple, r/jailbreak, r/coronavirus to name a few. Any idea what’s going on?

 

[Stronk]

Check this out

 

[Rezep]

Some strange drama with some admin who apparently supports child rape or some shit? Not my word tho.

"Why is this subreddit private?" See here for answers! : Blank-Cheque

19.3k votes, 5.9k comments. FINAL EDIT: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED BY DONATING, POSTING ABOUT IT, OR PRIVATING THEIR OWN SUBREDDIT …

www.reddit.com

Keep in mind this is reddit we're talking about

 

[t3chg33k]

Edit: Posted above

 

[letmein]

Chaos at Reddit as dozens of subreddits made private in protest at site

Dozens of subreddits have been made private in protest at the forum’s ‘censorship’ and decision to continue to employ a controversial admin.

metro.co.uk

 

[booo]

strange... there was some talk sometime back that Ghislaine Maxwell was also an admin at some point.

 

[D C]

Huh! Really weird shit going on. I see desktop screenshots have a mod message on visiting locked sub. Doesn’t show on mobile.

Looks like the employee involved in this controversy has been fired.

Reddit's most popular subreddits go private in protest against 'censorship'

A Reddit Private Community message is appearing for users, after a protest against the alleged hiring of Aimee Challenor caused subreddits to go dark.

www.gamerevolution.com

 

[booo]

Lots of info on dark side of reddit mods.