Reddit has "quarantined" a popular subreddit for supporters of President Donald Trump for "threats of violence against police and public officials."

The social-media site now displays a warning message for visitors trying to access r/The_Donald which has more than 754,000 subscribers. Quarantined subreddits also "generate no revenue, do not appear in non-subscription-based feeds (eg Popular), and are not included in search or recommendations," according to Reddit.

“We are clear in our site-wide policies that posting content that encourages or threatens violence is not allowed on Reddit. As we have shared, we are sensitive to what could be considered political speech, however, recent behaviors including threats against the police and public figures is content that is prohibited by our violence policy. As a result, we have actioned individual users and quarantined the subreddit,” a Reddit representative said in a statement provided to USA TODAY.

The move comes two days after Media Matters reported that subreddit users have repeatedly called for violence against Oregon police and other public officials. Gov. Kate Brown authorized the Oregon State Police to find and return 11 Republican state senators who fled Salem to deny Democrats the opportunity to pass a sweeping greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade bill.

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The Oregon Capitol building was shut down Saturday due to threats of militia violence, and reddit users on r/The_Donald posted in support of the militias and issued calls for violence to help the lawmakers, Media Matters reported.

“There is only one way to get rid of a dictatorship like this. You don't want to acknowledge it and they made it illegal to do so but you have a choice - bite the bullet or let the collapse fall onto your kids instead of you," one user wrote.

"Hopefully all State Police in Oregon refuse, hes serious. No problems shooting a cop trying to strip rights from Citizens. If he calls for help I'd come," wrote another.

One of r/The_Donald's longest-serving moderators, who uses the user name sublimeinslime, told NBC News that the move was not a surprise.

“They’ve wanted us gone,” the moderator told NBC. “Pretty much the rest of Reddit wants us gone.”

Trump himself hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the subreddit during the run-up to the 2016 election in which he took questions from Reddit users. Although moderators of the forum officially condemn anti-Semitism and racism, users have posted racist and sexist content there, as Mother Jones reported in the wake of the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand.

Subreddit moderators can appeal the quarantine if they provide a "detailed accounting of changes to community moderation practices" that are sufficiently enforced over a period of at least one month.

Contributing: Connor Radnovich, Salem Statesman Journal