Wednesday, February 25, 2015

In Privacy Update, Reddit Tightens Restrictions on Nude Photos (so long user self-regulation...)

For nearly a decade, Reddit, the huge online message board, has been known for its freewheeling stance on letting its users govern themselves. 

That has resulted in an outpouring of user-generated content — for better or, sometimes, for worse — that attracts nearly 160 million regular users to the site.

Now, Reddit is starting to change its views, if only ever so slightly. Reddit announced a change to its privacy policy on Tuesday that prohibits posting nude photos or videos of people engaged in sex acts without their prior consent to have it posted.

read full article at NYT

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