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Dark side of Reddit and a false claim

Online toxic communities hard to police; and that post on checking safety of account is false

Daryl Chin
Social Media Editor
A post by user Remee Dayao-Centeno, which shows Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that typing"BFF" in a comment can indicate if your account is safe, has been debunked by fact-checking site Snopes.
A post by user Remee Dayao-Centeno, which shows Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that typing"BFF" in a comment can indicate if your account is safe, has been debunked by fact-checking site Snopes. PHOTO: FACEBOOK
Updated
Mar 25, 2018, 05:20 AM
Published
Mar 25, 2018, 05:00 AM
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A string of controversial images and videos has brought the shadier parts of social news aggregator Reddit to the fore in recent weeks.

NoMorals, a forum dedicated to making fun of mutilated or dead people including children, and animals, was reported by online news site Motherboard on March 6 as actively promoting disturbing content.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 25, 2018, with the headline Dark side of Reddit and a false claim. Subscribe

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