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Crypto-currencies cause deaths, says Gates
In a Reddit thread, the Microsoft founder expresses his concerns about digital currencies like Bitcoin.
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Reddit Just Shut Down the Deepfakes Subreddit
Reddit finally does something about AI-generated fake porn videos.
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Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to artificial intelligence
Easy-to-use applications are letting people face-swap celebrities and porn stars
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Reddit was misinformation hotspot in 2016 election, study says
The company's CEO says Reddit is “digging deeply" into potential abuse
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Reddit Bans ‘Incel’ Group for Inciting Violence Against Women
The incels, or involuntary celibates, violated the internet forum’s new policy against advocating physical harm, including rape. By Christine Hauser.
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Ewwwww … the Washington Post is now a [Reddit] user :P
By cojoco on /r/RedditCenshorship. (May 21, 2017)
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The Republican Lawmaker Who Secretly Created Reddit’s Women-Hating ‘Red Pill’
A web of secret online identities connects the creator of the misogynistic Red Pill forum to a New Hampshire state representative.
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Worst Ways to Die Are Pretty Weird, and Gruesome
A physicist and a writer wrote a book about the most outlandish and gruesome ways to die, and then fielded questions about it on Reddit. By Mindy Weisberger. (Apr. 10, 2017)
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Reddit Revolts After Moderators Delete United Airlines Video
As an act of protest against moderator censorship, Redditors have flooded the /r/videos subreddit with posts purporting to show United Airlines malfeasance through the years. Monday, the moderators of /r/videos deleted a viral video that showed doctor David Dao violently dragged off an overbooked flight from Chicago to Louisville. The video was quickly upvoted on the /r/videos subreddit, which has more than 15 million subscribers and often shows up on Reddit's front page.
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Reddit blocks pro-Trump forum from new visitors homepage
The online discussion site's CEO Steve Huffman announced they were cracking down on 'toxic users and poorly behaving communities' last November.
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Reddit Bans Alt-Right Group
The company, once a haven for right wing extremism, is cracking down on the hub of white nationalists—right after its founder blasted Trump’s ban on immigrants and refugees.
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Reddit to crack down on abuse after CEO is targeted
Social media website Reddit Inc, known for its commitment to free speech, will crack down on online harassment by banning or suspending users who target others, starting with those who have directed abuse at Chief Executive Steve Huffman.
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The CEO of Reddit confessed to modifying posts from Trump supporters after they wouldn't stop sending him expletives
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has confessed to modifying the posts of some users on the most visible...
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It Sure Seems Like Hillary Clinton’s Tech Guy Asked Reddit for Email Advice
In the post, the computer technician appears to ask for help hiding Hillary’s use of a private email server.
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Moderators banned 2,200 accounts during Donald Trump's AMA
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump participated in a Reddit AMA last night on the pro-Trump forum, /r/The_Donald, allowing a handful of internet denizens to ask him questions about the election and his proposed policies. He answered 12 questions in total and stuck to fairly broad statements such as, "I think NASA is wonderful." Trump reiterated his distrust of the press and of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and his goal to repeal the Affordable Care Act. His most in-depth answers invited former Bernie Sanders supporters to vote for him and reached out to people considering voting for a third-party candidate.
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Reddit will let brands sponsor posts from regular users
Reddit has a bold plan to earn more advertising revenue and it involves letting big name brands sponsor the posts of regular users. The ad program, which is slated to go live on August 4th, is part of a renewed effort from co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman to make the social news site more profitable, according to an interview published in Ad Age today.
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Reddit is still in turmoil
It’s been one year since Reddit revolted. When the company cracked down on revenge porn and subreddits containing offensive content last summer, the backlash was swift and ultimately led to the ouster of interim CEO Ellen Pao. Although Pao was seen as the driving force behind efforts to make Reddit respectable enough to appeal to advertisers, the company continued its clean-up after her departure, making diverse hires and keeping up with the anti-harassment policy instituted during Pao’s tenure.
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Why Reddit Banned Some Racist Subreddits But Kept Others
The new rules sound pretty reasonable, but their deployment is baffling some redditors.
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Reddit now tracks outbound clicks
"Just a small heads up...."
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Reddit announces Digg-like sponsored headline tests and their users hate it
Most of development lately has been focused on injecting ads and referral links rather than user experience, and users are getting fed up. It will be interesting to see how Reddit handles the negative reaction.
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