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reddit co founder alexis ohanian The present has attracted criticism from some people online for its claim Trump administration’s immigration agenda Given that his mother was an undocumented immigrant, this would have prevented companies like his from being established.
“As the son of an undocumented immigrant (my mother stayed on an au pair visa for years before marrying my father, an American citizen), this is intensely personal: reddit If ICE had come for him he wouldn’t have existed,” Ohanian, who has since stepped down from the popular social network and message board, said. wrote Tuesday at X.
The investor, who is of Armenian heritage on his father’s side and German on his mother’s side, said the US should instead seek both secure borders and path to citizenship Instead of migrants.
“People stood up at the crack of dawn home depot “The women standing in the parking lot <> or serving their home-cooked food on the corner <> are the men and women we want contributing to this great nation,” he said. “We should not gather them at gunpoint,” he said.
earned comments Ohanianwho is married to tennis legend Serena Williams, is scorned by conservative celebrities online.
Former Senate candidate Blake Masters said, “If we had immigration law enforcement, Reddit not existing is a great argument for immigration law enforcement.” wrote In response to
Others used Ohanian’s posts to highlight controversial Reddit content-related decisions, including The 2020 decision to ban a popular Donald Trump-related sub-forum and one of the network’s other co-founders Admitting to changing user comments critical of you,
Podcaster Tim Pool said, “Your co-founder and CEO went into Reddit’s internal code to alter a user’s comments because he was emotional.” wrote On X. “Reddit banned and censored political subreddits, turning the platform into a hotbed of extremism. Reddit is one of the major creators of cultural conflict in this country.”
The criticisms add to the broader conservative investigation of Reddit, including an invitation to House Oversight Committee lead Representative James Comer to testify last month to Reddit’s current CEO, given concerns about Online extremism after activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead,
“In the wake of this tragedy, and other acts of politically motivated violence, Congress has a duty to monitor the online platforms that radicals have used to pursue political violence,” Comer said. Said In a statement at the time.
While some in the tech and political worlds have expressed skepticism about Ohanian’s position, others in Silicon Valley are openly questioning the legality and benefits of the Trump administration’s military-style immigration crackdown.
“Later it would be hard for us to believe that masked thugs were pulling people off the street at gunpoint,” said Paul Graham, co-founder of the influential Y Combinator startup incubator. wrote This week on X. “At least I hope we will, because the other option would be to refuse to go to the kind of country where this is normal.”
“We’ll probably look back at the period from August to October — about nine months into President Trump’s second presidency — as the period when this derailed,” said investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis in a post on X on Wednesday. “This is turning into another January 6, full of violence and chaos – let’s hope it doesn’t get worse.”
Calacanis, one of the hosts All-In Podcasthad previously interviewed Trump during the campaign, praised some of his priorities, and maintained Close ties to the administration and its technical agenda,