Reddit responds to sitewide blackout by restricting over 50 communities pushing COVID disinformation
Some subreddits are satisfied; others want more demands met.
On Sep 1, 2021 by Claire Goforth
Tech newsletter: Reddit’s COVID misinfo
Here is a look at tech and politics news from the last week.
On Aug 31, 2021 by Andrew Wyrich
What’s with all these Reddit stories of men getting jealous of their partner’s plants?
The latest one involves a man asking his girlfriend to remove her plants.
On Aug 30, 2021 by Siobhan Ball
After Reddit refuses demands for crackdown, dozens of subreddits go dark to protest COVID disinformation
Protest follows a mass, unheeded plea for Reddit to ban those who spread false information about the virus.
On Aug 30, 2021 by Claire Goforth
‘When the bell rings, you’re in my hallway’: Video shows school employee punching a 7th-grader
He was arrested, but later posted bail.
On Aug 29, 2021 by Alexandra Samuels
500 subreddits call on Reddit to combat COVID disinfo. But Reddit wants to let communities ‘debate and dissent’
‘They’re showing support for dangerous conspiracies.’
On Aug 26, 2021 by Claire Goforth
‘You don’t know anybody around here’: Man intervenes after his Karen wife harasses a Black couple
The Karen accused the Black man of being a ‘crack dealer.’
On Aug 21, 2021 by Cecilia Lenzen
Video: Substitute teacher freaks out after Black student criticizes her for writing ‘all lives matter’ on whiteboard
The sub also spewed dangerously ahistorical nonsense about slavery.
On Aug 21, 2021 by Kahron Spearman
Live streamer hits boyfriend and calls him slurs during broadcast—then claims it was ‘acting’
The video sparked a conversation about domestic violence against men on Reddit.
On Aug 21, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins
Witches are trying to organize a ‘mass hexing’ against the Taliban
Some fear that the Taliban could respond with ‘incantations and rituals’ of their own.
On Aug 18, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
‘Why can’t people just mind their own business’: Karen slut-shames two women at an airport in viral video
‘Wow, people are so judgy just because we don’t look like all of you,’ one of the women said.
On Aug 17, 2021 by Cecilia Lenzen
‘I have given this huge effort and got a slap in the face’: Hotel worker’s viral quitting letter sparks debate about overperforming at a job
‘One of the best pieces of advice I got early in my career: Never be too good at a bad job.’
On Aug 15, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
Anti-vax, anti-mask forum NoNewNormal quarantined by Reddit
The subreddit had grown to 112,000 members.
On Aug 12, 2021 by Mikael Thalen
Tech newsletter: Broadband Is Too. Damn. High
On Aug 10, 2021 by Andrew Wyrich
Woman licks items around grocery store on Instagram, believes it helps ‘fortify your immune system’
She told her viewers ‘be free,’ seemingly in reference to mask policies.
On Aug 8, 2021 by Rachel Kiley
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