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The GameStop Rebels vs. “Too Big to Fail”…

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Last week, a large number of small-time investors drove up the price of GameStop’s (GME) stock a historic 1,784 percent. But this was no mere spike in some obscure stock…

Reddit Openly Proclaims It Will Discriminate Based on Race in Content Policing…

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Social media platform Reddit adopted new rules against “hate speech” that discriminate against certain people based on their race, gender, religion, and other characteristics. Reddit seems to be the first tech company to do so openly, though there’s evidence that other companies have done so surreptitiously. Reddit used to have no hate speech policy. The […]

Wikipedia Editors Paid to Protect Political, Tech, and Media Figures…

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A report in Huffington Post recently revealed the case of Wikipedia editor Ed Sussman, who was paid by media clients such as NBC and Axios to help diminish critical material. Paid editors operating in a similar manner to Sussman have worked on behalf of CNN contributor Hilary Rosen and the CEOs of Reddit and Intel, […]

Second Developer of WikiLeaks-Inspired “SecureDrop” Commits Suicide at 36…

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A second member of a three-man team who created a secure system for whistleblowers to submit information to news outlets has committed suicide at the age of 36, reports the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Software engineer James Dolan took his own life nearly five years to the day after the death of “SecureDrop” co-creator […]

Voice of America Reporter Posts Racist Reddit Memes While Receiving Taxpayer Money…

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While posting on his Reddit account UncleSam4200, Voice of America reporter Josh Fatzick bragged on the infamous pro-Trump subreddit r/The_Donald that he worked in Washington media — but half-jokingly added, “If I were to ever be publicly connected to this account, it probably would not be good for my career.” The reason why Fatzick didn’t […]

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