Reddit restores most of site after moderator-led blackouts

New York

REDDIT Inc has restored service for most of its online message boards after a blackout caused by moderators protesting the firing of a prominent executive.

Almost 300 discussion areas, called subreddits, were marked private and required moderator approval to view last Friday, The New York Times reported. The closures appeared to have started after Victoria Taylor, Reddit's director of talent, was dismissed last Thursday. Ms Taylor had worked closely with volunteer moderators who, along with company employees known as administrators, manage the subreddits.