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Civil Litigation

Apr. 26, 2021

Reddit denies claims in suit that it allows child pornography

In a statement, Reddit said, “Child sexual abuse material has no place on the Reddit platform. We actively maintain policies and procedures that don’t just follow the law, but go above and beyond it. Our content policy prohibits any sexual or suggestive content involving minors or someone who appears to be a minor.”

Reddit Inc. is the latest platform to be accused of failing to monitor content and remove child pornography.

Susman Godfrey partner Krysta K. Pachman is representing a Jane Doe plaintiff in a proposed class of women who said they were underage at the time they were depicted in videos and photos published on the user-generated forum site. Reddit established a policy banning child pornography after coming under fire for hosting such f...

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