Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao is under fire by the site’s users who are calling for the executives firing over perceived censorship.
An online petition calling for Pao’s removal has reached over 159,000 signatures at the time of this publishing. The description for the petition states that after Pao became head of the company, “Reddit entered into a new age of censorship.”
Pao faced backlash from Reddit users in June after shutting down five subreddits that were deemed abusive under new community rules set by the company. Users vented their anger almost immediately, comparing Pao to a Nazi and calling the move dictatorial.