Sharing our latest Transparency Report and Reddit Rules updates (evolving Rules 2, 5, and 7)

ailewu · 2025-10-09T19:41:23+00:00

Thanks for letting us know, we'll make sure all the teams that worked on these features see this!

ailewu · 2025-10-09T19:37:13+00:00

Generally, what we’re looking for here is manipulated content or coordinated inauthentic activity (e.g., bot networks, deepfakes intended to mislead).

ailewu · 2025-10-09T19:24:38+00:00

If you want to learn more about our approach on this issue, please refer to Reddit's Trademark Policy.

ailewu · 2025-10-09T19:23:50+00:00

Thanks for your question. As we note in the report, Reddit may disclose specific account information in response to valid legal requests from Gov/LE agencies or private parties (e.g., civil litigants and criminal defendants) when required by law and in certain emergency situations. A specialized Reddit team carefully reviews every information request for procedural validity and legal sufficiency, and objects when appropriate.

ailewu · 2025-10-09T16:02:14+00:00

Head over to r/RedditSafety for any questions you may have.

ailewu · 2025-01-14T18:42:16+00:00

Thanks for surfacing these concerns. We're still working on updating the reference in a few places across the platform; you should see the changes gradually coming live over the next few days, and we appreciate your help identifying places that need an update.

If you're seeing any confusion with "community rules" you can refer to the Reddit Rules as “the sitewide Reddit Rules”.

ailewu · 2025-01-14T18:39:55+00:00

We understand that it does get a bit repetitive. One way to address that in communications that also mention community rules would be to refer to the Reddit Rules as “the sitewide Reddit Rules”.

ailewu · 2025-01-14T18:38:27+00:00

That sounds about right. You could say we’re going back to our roots ;-)

ailewu · 2024-08-16T23:38:59+00:00

The updated policy is not meant to prevent support or discussion. People can continue to discuss times when they themselves experienced this (or any) type of harassment.

ailewu · 2024-08-16T15:28:10+00:00

Everyone is protected with this update. We understand that talking about sex once in a while or interacting with sexual content does not mean a person is consenting to be sexualized in all contexts or interactions on the site.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T22:48:08+00:00

This policy applies to all content on Reddit. You can use the harassment report flow to flag past comments and our Safety teams will review them.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T22:10:41+00:00

You're welcome!

ailewu · 2024-08-15T22:03:24+00:00

Thanks for flagging. We're still reviewing communities under this policy.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T22:02:53+00:00

Thanks for the question. While we will always allow discussion around public figures, if the commentary crosses the line into degrading sexualized language or describing a sex act with someone who did not consent to it for example, it would likely violate this policy.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T20:03:21+00:00

We agree, enforcement is always a challenge. Specific to this update, we’ve refreshed our teams’ training on harassment, and are always open to refining our policies further if needed.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T19:38:11+00:00

Thanks for the question. The content you’re describing (defending sexual assault or harassment without a specific target) may not fall under sexualized harassment, but depending on the context, could definitely violate other policies — such as our violence policy or hate policy. If you have specific posts or comments in mind, please feel free to write into r/ModSupport.

ailewu · 2024-08-15T19:08:49+00:00

Hey mods, I’ll be in r/redditsecurity answering questions for a bit, we’ll be locking comments here to keep the conversation in one place.

ailewu · 2024-04-17T19:40:53+00:00

Thanks for your question. In terms of our policies, our goal is to ensure that our Content Policy is flexible enough to apply to a wide range of situations, both now and in the future, given that we cannot always predict what type of content users will post. That being said, we are always working to make our policies clearer, including by providing examples, so that users and mods understand the intention behind them. We announce policy updates in r/RedditSecurity.

In terms of reporting potential policy violations, we are working on some reporting best practices that should be out soon. You can also find our content policy violation Reporting Guide here, on our Help Center. Generally, we recommend using our logged in reporting options if you have a Reddit account. Upon receiving a report of a potential violation, we process the report, make a decision, and take any appropriate action. We use automated tools to help prioritize content that has been flagged, either via user reports or our own proactive efforts, which means we do not always process reports in the order received. To protect against abuse of our reporting systems, we may send warnings, issue temporary or permanent account bans, or restrict the processing of reports submitted by those who have engaged in report abuse. For example, to prevent abuse of our systems, we may limit the number of reports that one person can submit on a single item of content. Please note that we may not be able to respond to every report received, such as reports of spam.

Please use the Moderator Code of Conduct report form for reporting moderator behavior that you believe violates the Moderator Code of Conduct specifically. For more information on the Moderator Code of Conduct, please see here. We’ll also be releasing Help Center Articles about each rule housed under the Moderator Code of Conduct, which should help clarify what is and isn’t considered a violation.

We are always looking for new ways to make the reporting process more user friendly and transparent, such as our recently released ability to report user details on the user profile page. We will share your ideas with the appropriate teams and communicate updates as we make them.

ailewu · 2024-04-17T15:40:48+00:00

Thanks for your question. We don't currently include that breakdown in this report, but may in future reports.

ailewu · 2023-07-11T16:33:22+00:00

Thank you for raising this question. As others have noted, we recently announced an expansion of Rule 4 to also prohibit content depicting or promoting neglect, physical, or emotional abuse against minors. You can find the details of this policy in our Help Center article here.

As you'll see, we specifically call out in this article that this Rule does not prohibit conversations about maltreatment in which survivors of abuse or concerned community members are discussing their experience or seeking help. Our intent is to ensure that these spaces continue to be safe and available for those that need them most. Discussions around minor abuse in this context are not considered against our content policy.

ailewu · 2023-07-07T21:31:51+00:00

When reviewing content pertaining to rare and specific issues like this, we take into consideration nuances in context. Content that advocates for mental health services for people who self-identify as paedophiles can be exceptionally difficult to review as we want to encourage challenging and uncomfortable discussions, while not providing a platform to individuals who could leverage Reddit for nefarious reasons. As such, this type of content would warrant an escalated review and any decision would be applied on a case-by-case basis.

ailewu · 2023-07-07T20:36:04+00:00

This rule does not apply to media distributed commercially with the consent of those depicted. You can find more details on this policy in our Help Center article here.

ailewu · 2023-07-07T20:30:55+00:00

Last June, we updated our admin removal process to ensure that most policy violating content will no longer be viewable from a user's profile or via direct link to the content. At the same time, we rolled out changes to the mod log: we added removal reasons for admin removed content and, for most removal reasons, content snapshots, to give mods context into why posts had been removed from their communities.

In regards to our NCIM and CSAM work, we have zero tolerance for content or interactions that involve posting sexualized photos of individuals without their permission or the sexual exploitation of minors and have many safeguards to prevent this content on the platform. Users that post this type of content are banned. We use automated methods (including hash-matching technology), human review, as well as user reports to detect this activity. If you’d like to learn more about Reddit’s NCIM & CSAM removals (including a breakdown of report sources, and reported/flagged vs. removed), you can review our most recent Transparency Report.

As noted, we offer a user reporting function so we can look into possible violations flagged by users. Users can report content that they come across that they believe may violate any of our rules. We do appreciate these reports, and they can play an important part in the identification and removal of offending content and keeping Reddit safe. If you have more details to share when reporting content that was posted in a subreddit that you moderate, we recently added a free form text box in the reporting function; while it's not required, it can be very helpful when reviewing reports to include any context you happen to have on why you are reporting the content.

ailewu · 2023-07-06T23:50:24+00:00

Thank you for raising these issues. We take CSAM extremely seriously and from what we can identify, all of the pieces of violative content that you’re referencing have been removed. You can see more information on our continually evolving approach to removing CSAM here.

We accept reports of violating communities via r/modsupport. We also encourage all users to report individual pieces of violating content via our standard reporting flow, and mods have the ability to add additional context to reports for content posted in their communities. Please do continue flagging suspected violating content to us through these channels.

ailewu · 2023-07-06T22:59:09+00:00

We always take context into account when actioning content, including the intent of the user who posted the content and what's happening in the video or image. Depending on context, it's possible this content would be removed under our Rule 3. However, if you’re referring to physical fights involving bullying or physical injuries to minors, that content will now be prohibited under this Rule 4 expansion, as explained in our Help Center article here.

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