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Reddit kills off its warrant canary as users come under scrutiny of spooks
Social networking forum reddit has killed off its “warning canary” in a signal it has received a secret government surveillance request.
The trolls are winning: Returning CEO takes on Reddit’s ‘dark side’
Reddit’s returning CEO Steve Huffman took to the site Thursday to propose a new set of content guidelines meant to curb harassment and, in turn,...
Reddit’s challenge: Returning CEO takes on the digital forum’s ‘dark side’
Reddit’s returning CEO Steve Huffman took to the site Thursday to propose a new set of content guidelines meant to curb harassment and, in turn,...
How Reddit’s new CEO wants to end the forum’s ‘dark side’
Reddit’s returning CEO Steve Huffman took to the site Thursday to propose a new set of content guidelines that is meant to curb harassment, and in...
Analysis: ‘Reddit Revolt’ that led to Ellen Pao’s resignation is bad news for the Internet
Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao stepped down yesterday, following a week that saw the online community’s users call for her head on a pike after the...
Reddit chief Ellen Pao quits after receiving ‘sickening’ abuse from users
Ellen Pao has bowed to pressure to quit as Reddit chief executive after a revolt from the website’s users over her handling of a popular employee’s...
Reddit struggles as moderators close discussion boards in protest
One of the world’s most popular websites has been thrown into chaos by a rebellion sparked by the sacking of a popular staff member. The unpaid...
Reddit and weep: Rebellion sees website in chaos after worker sacked
One of the world’s most popular websites has been thrown into chaos by a rebellion sparked by the sacking of a popular staff member. The unpaid...
Reddit bans fat people hate forum in crackdown on harrassment
Reddit - the link sharing website which calls itself “the front page of the internet” - has banned five forums in a harrassment crackdown. Two...
Reddit plans bitcoin-style currency to give back to users after raising $50M
Millions of dollars’ worth of shares in online link-sharing website Reddit will be divided between users in the form of a bitcoin-style cryptocurrency.
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