Reddit users are demanding that the platform move to ban r/The_Donald, an influential and enthusiastic online community of President Donald Trump supporters famous for its right-wing news analysis and penchant for inflammatory rhetoric. The petition came on Monday, after Reddit announced that it had “found and removed a few hundred accounts” suspected to be linked to Russian propaganda efforts. An investigation published last week by The Daily Beast discovered that the Russian government-backed Internet Research Agency had utilized the platform during the 2016 presidential election to spread disinformation as part of its strategy to interfere with the American democratic process. “Given the recent news, we’d like to share some of what we’ve learned,” said Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman in a lengthy statement published under his personal username, Spez.
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