Main content

Reddit and the anti-establishment

Co-founder Steve Huffman on the limits of free speech and taking on Wall Street.

Steve Huffman is co-founder and CEO of Reddit, the website that bills itself as "the front page of the internet". In this extended interview, Huffman tells Amol Rajan about his "pathological dedication" to Reddit's policy on free speech and moderation, why Reddit has always had an "anti-establishment edge", and his own mission "to fulfil the promise of the Internet". Earlier this year, Reddit hit the headlines after a community of amateur stock market traders set out to inflict losses on hedge funds that had bet against GameStop, an unfashionable US retailer.

Producer: Hannah Sander

Studio engineer: Duncan Hannant

Available now

31 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Wed 31 Mar 2021 16:30
  • Wed 31 Mar 2021 21:30

Podcast