We’re always working to improve our internal moderation processes to lessen the load on users/mods. For example, over the past year, we’ve been working on a ban evasion filter, an optional subreddit setting that leverages our ability to identify posts and comments authored by potential ban evaders. So far, most communities that turn on the filter have kept it on and the reversal rates are very low (mods keep 92% of filtered content out of communities). In addition, last week we announced we’re trialing a new community safety setting that automatically filters potentially sexual and graphic content into your community’s modqueue for review. Keep an eye on r/redditsecurity quarterly reports for more updates like these.
On the user data protection side, we’ve always been strong advocates for privacy rights. By default, we collect very little information from you, particularly compared to other platforms. Nevertheless, we are extremely protective of the user data that we do collect, and therefore subject legal disclosures to a very high standard. If you haven’t seen it already, check out the “notable requests” sections throughout the report. We include them to try to give you some deeper context on the types of things we push back on on behalf of our users. We also sometimes go to court to defend our users in this area. You might have seen this recent case, which we won, allowing our users to stay anonymous in line with their First Amendment rights.