Reddit bans communities under policy changes targeting illegal trades

Reddit is cracking down on community marketplaces. 

The forth largest site on the web announced that it would ban transactions for illegal sales, including firearms, drugs, fake ID’s, and sex on Wednesday. A post on r/Announcements states that “Reddit is not intended to be used as a marketplace” and reminds users that they are “dealing with strangers on the internet.” 

Although the ban targets illegal trades like those facilitated in r/DarkNetMarkets — which kept tabs on items for sale on the dark web — some relatively innocuous subreddits were also shut down. 

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Source: Mashable | Reddit bans communities under policy changes targeting illegal trades