Of note related to this are the following:

* There is an email going around supposedly from an insider saying reddit intends to sue voat.co http://cityworldnews.com/reddit-plans-lawsuit-against-voat-c...

* Voat.co ( when accessible ) was mirroring some content from Reddit ( copyright infringement? ... )

* Voat.co seems to be crushed and possibly being DDOSed

* Last I heard when I was at a speech by Alexis Ohanian himself, he is for free speech to a rather extreme level. I did not get the impression he would ban any content besides what is absolutely necessary to keep the business running.