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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 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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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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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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Ewwwww … the Washington Post is now a [Reddit] user :P
By cojoco on /r/RedditCenshorship. (May 21, 2017)
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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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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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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 Just Shut Down the Deepfakes Subreddit
Reddit finally does something about AI-generated fake porn videos.
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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 Rises Up Against CEO for Hiding Russian Trolls
He ‘fessed up days after The Daily Beast confirmed a Russian troll farm had used his platform, and on the same day that Senate investigators asked for new information from the site
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One Percent of Subreddits Are Responsible for Most of the Raids on Reddit
A new study suggests that most of Reddit's drama is started by a small number of communities on the website.
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Yep, Russian trolls hit Reddit, too—on /r/funny and elsewhere
CEO: “We still have a lot of room to improve, and we intend to remain vigilant.”
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Reddit Has a Really Surprising Effect on Users' Mental Health, Study Shows
Reddit doesn't have the best reputation. Between the sexism, racism, and general harassment levied by and toward users daily, the internet's "front page" might also be its most toxic.
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Reddit surpasses Facebook to become the 3rd most visited site in the US
According to Alexa – the Amazon-owned web traffic analyzing platform – more people now visit Reddit than Facebook in the US. Spotted, of course, on Reddit by user IamATechieNerd, the stats will be a big boost for the social sharing platform, especially with many users still irked about the recent re-design. It’s important to note that analyzing web …
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Reddit — one of the world's most popular websites — is trying to cash in through advertising
Reddit is trying to turn its loyal 330 million Redditors into valuable advertising revenue. It's been heavily pitching advertising agencies and unveiling new ad products. By Michelle Castillo.
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We had a security incident. Here's what you need to know. • r/announcements
**TL;DR**: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit’s systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses and a 2007...
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After a huge user revolt, nobody wanted to work at Reddit. 3 years later, the CEO explains how the 'front page of the internet' rebuilt the team.
When Steve Huffman, the cofounder of Reddit, rejoined the company as CEO in 2015, he learned that very few people in Silicon Valley wanted to work there...
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r/TheBanout2018 - Reddit power users are banding together to automatically mass-ban anyone participating in subreddits they've deemed hateful
In the words of the power users: "It's like the 2015 blackout, but instead of going private we will ban every participant of a hateful harassing subreddit from as many subreddits as possible. Unlike the blackout, this will only effect the cause of the problem." Notable subreddits being targeted by the Reddit elite include r/SubredditCancer, r/The_Donald and r/TheRedPill.
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Reddit, Banned In China, Is Reportedly Set To Land $210 Million Investment From A Chinese Censorship Powerhouse
Who really thinks about where the money is coming from as long as you get the money?
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