SUBREDDIT STATEMENT : ukpolitics

As you will have noticed, the moderators set the subreddit to private last night. This is not a decision we took lightly, but one that was made to protect both the users and moderators of r/ukpolitics.

A moderator posted an article from the Spectator - which contained a three-word mention, in passing, of a minor British public figure (expelled from both the Liberal Democrats and Green Party) - and was permanently suspended from Reddit (and later reinstated after we contacted the admins) for "doxxing" as a result.

As we had no idea what had happened, or why posting this article resulted in a permanent suspension, we took the emergency step of making the subreddit private and immediately contacting the admins for clarification. We took this step to protect both the users of the subreddit, and ourselves, from further action by the Reddit admin staff. It later became apparent that Reddit has hired this individual as an Reddit admin, and were banning people from discussing her past to protect their employee from harassment.

Please do not name this individual, at all. Doing so may result in your account being banned by the admins.

Please do not ask further questions about this, as doing so may result in your account being banned by the admins.

Please do not discuss this incident on Reddit publicly or privately (e.g. on private subreddits and/or in private messages, chat etc.), as doing so may result in your account being banned by the admins.

We are obviously extremely concerned by these developments, but cannot express our full dissatisfaction with Reddit on the platform at this time.

EDIT, 12:50 GMT: Just a reminder that the usual subreddit rules and Reddit-wide ToS apply. We do not support nor do we condone any harassment or abuse of the people, publications or redditors involved. Our issues lie solely with the actions that Reddit have taken (and continue to take) in relation to this event.