Aimee Challenor is a former UK
politician and transgender activist. In November 2016, her father was charged with raping/torturing a 10-year-old girl; despite this, Aimee appointed him as her election agent twice (she was suspended for this after her father was convicted in August 2018).
She joined the
Liberal Democrats in October 2018, but was suspended again in July 2019 when they learned that her partner Nathaniel made
pedophilic tweets. Aimee claimed that his Twitter was hacked, but this is dubious since accounts on other sites with Nathaniel's handle also contained sexual stories about kids.
In March 2021, a moderator of the subreddit r/UKPolitics was banned for posting an article that mentioned Aimee's name. It came to light that Aimee was a sitewide Reddit admin, that she moderated many large LGBT subreddits, and that writing "Aimee Challenor" could get you banned. Reddit claimed this was done to protect her from doxxing, but
users didn't accept this since naming a public figure isn't harassment. Users also criticized Reddit for failing to vet Aimee's background and allowing someone with connections to
pedophilia oversee forums full of vulnerable young people.
As a form of protest, many subreddit moderators temporarily closed their subreddits. Countless major subs with millions of combined users, including default subs like r/Fitness and r/Music, joined the blackout. The site administrators were
eventually forced to concede, and Aimee was fired from Reddit.
