The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire
The Miltz brothers were an American success story in the making. Too bad their meme empire was built on deception.
On Jul 1, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Reddit’s atheists revolt as r/Atheism cracks down on image macros
One of Reddit’s largest communities, r/Atheism, issued a new moderation policy that angered thousands of meme-addicted users.
On Jun 6, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
California wants to ban 3-D printed guns
California Rep. Leland Lee wants to ban 3-D guns in his state.
On May 8, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Author banned from Wikipedia for editing his own page
Thriller writer R.J. Ellory, who has previously been busted for flaming rival authors on Amazon, is now banned from editing Wikipedia after erasing controversial parts of his own entry.
On Dec 27, 2012 by Aja Romano
Pro League of Legends player banned due to bad behavior
Christian Rivera, known online as “IWIllDominate,” has been banned from competing in League of Legends tournaments after multiple instances of harassing other players.
On Dec 5, 2012 by Aja Romano
Facebook apologizes for mistaking elbows for breasts
Facebook has come to its senses, apologizing for its banning of an indecent image that was hardly indecent at all.
On Nov 27, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
UAE bans Guy Fawkes mask
Police claim the mask symbolizes resistance to state authority.
On Nov 19, 2012 by Kris Holt
Prominent user banned as fallout continues in Reddit’s creepshots scandal
Infamous redditor POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS has been banned from the social news site for, among other offences, “creating a subreddit that disregarded the rules of reddit regarding sexualizing teens/minors.”
On Oct 12, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Reddit bans libertarian magazine “Reason”
Links to Reason‘s website, which is very popular with redditors, have been temporarily barred due to allegations of “spamming/vote cheating.”
On Sep 26, 2012 by Kris Holt
YouTube may be blacklisted in Russia, government officials fear
Under a polarizing new censorship bill, YouTube’s failure to remove a highly controversial anti-Muslim film could see the site blocked in Russia.
On Sep 19, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
The world’s most mind-blowing sentences
Also in today’s Reddit Digest: Gaming site IGN gets banned, kidnapping victims share their stories, and what nothing looks like.
On Sep 10, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Belfast rioters made arrangements via Facebook
Two teens who participated in riots in Carlisle Circus, Belfast, have been banned from social networking after it came out that the event was arranged via Facebook.
On Sep 5, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
Anonymous shuts down alleged Twitter pedophile
Prominent Anonymous Twitter account @youranonnews led the charge to ban an alleged pedophile from Twitter. The offending account, which featured images of young boys, has been shut down.
On Aug 9, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Wikipedia chairman banned after pornography row
Ashley van Haeften claimed he was the victim of a homophobic harassment campaign stemming from bondage pornography he had once posted to the Wikimedia Commons.
On Jul 31, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Reddit bans its biggest troll hub
Also: Learn how much redditors make in a year and read a data dump on Reddit’s top moderators
On Jul 26, 2012 by Kevin Morris
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