Former Reddit CEO Admits to Knowing of Child Sex Crimes in 2011

The former CEO of Reddit posted at 6AM this morning on twitter a very damning admission. Ellen Pao posted, and has now deleted, a tweet stating “We knew about her supplying underage girls for sex…” A follow up tweet moments later added clarification that she meant she “suspected” and not that she “knew.”

Ellen Pao was the CEO of Reddit for a short period in 2015. She was eventually forced out of the position after users of the site began to revolt against her leadership. Many subreddits were banned, the site’s warranty-canary was removed, and rampant censorship started to take over.

A tweet like this displays knowledge of terrible crimes against children. Not reporting crimes like this is a crime in itself. Ellen Pao could possible be fingered as an acting accomplice. Having knowledge of such terrible crimes and failing to report them amounts to protection.

Her career preceding tenure at Reddit was just as sordid. She worked at various radical left wing legal firms specializing in social suits. She helped the firm Kleiner Perkins expand into China. Later she filed a gender discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins claiming sexual harrassment and discrimination.

Reddit has faced scrutiny this week after banning the largest Trump supporting subreddit, known as The_Donald. The site also took $150 in investment money from Chinese firm tencent. Investments such as this bring the moderation of the site into question, leading some to ask if there might be foreign adversarial bias at play.

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