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18 Mar 2019 [ Regulation ]
After never directing a single complaint to the popular /r/piracy discussion forum, Reddit Legal has now issued its moderators with an official warning concerning its future. Almost no evidence has been provided but apparently 74 complaints in recent months triggered the warning. Reddit has a quarter of a billion monthly users. On March 17, 2019, TorrentFreak published an article about Reddit’s /r/piracy discussion forum. It was actually prepared six days earlier, a point of importance that will become clear later on. We noted how some in the thriving community of around 350,000 subscribers were concerned that it could be shut down for talking about piracy. In general, we highlighted what should be apparent – discussing piracy is a whole different animal than actually engaging in it.
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18 Mar 2019 [ Regulation ]
After never directing a single complaint to the popular /r/piracy discussion forum, Reddit Legal has now issued its moderators with an official warning concerning its future. Almost no evidence has been provided but apparently 74 complaints in recent months triggered the warning. Reddit has a quarter of a billion monthly users. On March 17, 2019, TorrentFreak published an article about Reddit’s /r/piracy discussion forum. It was actually prepared six days earlier, a point of importance that will become clear later on. We noted how some in the thriving community of around 350,000 subscribers were concerned that it could be shut down for talking about piracy. In general, we highlighted what should be apparent – discussing piracy is a whole different animal than actually engaging in it.
Read the full article here...