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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has just published the 2018 edition of its annual “Who Has Your Back?” report. As one of the sixteen companies evaluated, we are happy to share with you that Reddit was rated four out of five stars in the evaluations, making us one of the top-ranked companies in the report, which this year focused on internet companies’ transparency regarding government takedown requests. As EFF noted, Reddit’s transparency practices in this area “serve to provide examples of strong policy language for others hoping to raise the bar on content moderation policy.”

For more details on government takedown requests that Reddit has received, and how we responded to them, you can take a look at our annual Transparency Report here. Additionally, you can check out our Content Policy for more information on the rules that guide content moderation on Reddit generally, even when governments aren’t involved.

What’s next

While four out of five stars is something to be proud of, five is our goal, and we recognize that we still have work to do to on takedown notifications. We’ll be sure to let you know if and when we make any updates in this area.

We’re grateful for the awesome work that EFF does on issues like this and others (seriously, check out their amazing work on Net Neutrality and CDA 230), and we were glad to participate with them on this important report.