Reddit bans forum dedicated to sharing information about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks

Reddit, a social forum and news aggregation website, said that it banned the "Thomas Crooks" subreddit because it violated its "rules against posting violent content." An archive of the subreddit shows that it was a popular forum that generated a high level of engagement. It's unclear the exact date it had been taken down.

The posts issued on the forum varied, but all pertained to seeking answers and sharing information about the historical assassination attempt on the 2024 GOP nominee's life. Questions about Crooks, security failures that day, and whether the attempt was an inside job were discussed in the section before the ban. Reddit did not provide an example of the violent content shared that went against its company policies.

Reddit is the latest news website to block information from being shared about the assassination attempt, a move that comes just ahead of the US 2024 Presidential Election. Google and Facebook have also been criticized over efforts to suppress the story, which was one of the most historical events in United States history.

Google scrubbed the assassination attempt from its autocomplete search engine, and Facebook warned against sharing photographs of President Trump raising his fist in the air after being shot at a rally, falsely alleging they were AI-generated. Following accusations of election interference by the Trump campaign and Republican lawmakers, both Big Tech corporations have since fixed their faults.

Similar to Reddit's excuse to ban the forum, Google and Facebook also cited violent content violations.

The Post Millennial reached out to Reddit for comment.