Reddit in line for major changes


CNET: The new CEO is cracking down on the type of posts published on the popular social news site.

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CNET: The new CEO is cracking down on the type of posts published on the popular social news site.

The company’s co-founder and new CEO, Steve Huffman, on Thursday laid out a set of new policies that will restrict what users can post on the site.

“As Reddit has grown, we’ve seen additional examples of how unfettered free speech can make Reddit a less enjoyable place to visit, and can even cause people harm outside of Reddit,” he wrote under his username “spez” at the beginning of a town hall forum on the site called an “Ask Me Anything,” or AMA.

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