The cofounder and CEO of Voat - the 'free speech' Reddit lookalike - has closed the site, saying he 'just can't keep it up'. Investment vanished in March this year, says Justin Chastain in a post on ...

Three years ago, a website was created as a refuge for the communities deemed too hateful or toxic to exist on the lenient-to-a-fault social aggregator Reddit. That site was a knockoff called Voat ...

Reddit banned multiple hate groups Wednesday, sparking a revolt. A large and vocal group of angry redditors is staging a misogynistic Nazi-themed strike against Reddit CEO Ellen Pao for blocking ...

Voat, the social platform that aimed to be a 'free-speech' alternative to Reddit, will shut down later this week. The short notice was provided in a post by co-founder Justin Chastain, explaining that ...

As social-news site Reddit tries to clean up its act by limiting some speech, an alternative springs up, promising to be more freewheeling. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian ...

Co-founder says a key investor backed out in March Co-founder says a key investor backed out in March is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has ...

The vast online community Reddit has been facing turmoil for the last month or so, peaking last week with the sudden departure of Victoria Taylor, a Reddit employee who spearheaded Reddit's popular ...

Reddit alternative Voat shut down on Christmas Day, citing a lack of operational funding, and casting doubt on the abilities of other similar almost-anything-goes, “free speech” platforms to stay ...

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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and ...

Reddit users are switching in their droves to the lookalike site Voat, following Reddit's decision to ban five subreddits. Yesterday, the so-called front page of the internet announced that it was ...