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Elon Musk privately pressured Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on content moderation: report

Fast Company Tech

X owner Elon Musk was privately messaging with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman while also putting public pressure on the social media company’s content moderation efforts, The Verge reported Thursday. Two months ago, several Reddit subreddits started to block links to X in protest of Musk appearing to give the Nazi salute.

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NASA Signs Contract for Elon Musk's Starship, Even Though It's Never Launched Without Exploding

Futurism

The news shouldn't come as a surprise at this point given SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's growing influence in the White House. I'm sure whenever NASA needs a payload spread across 1000 km of ocean they'll pick Starship," one Reddit user joked. It's not so much a delivery system, as it is a distribution system" another user added.

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Reddit is reportedly gearing up for an early 2022 IPO

TechSpot

Reddit in recent months has managed to cash in on its increasing influence in the financial world. According to one source, Reddit believes it could be worth more than $15 billion. Last month, the company closed a private funding round valued at $10 billion that was led by Fidelity Management.

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

Relying only on social media accounts or influencers, even those who seem qualified, for medical and mental health advice can also be dangerous, Chatterjee says. She also advises people to vet the influencers they follow. If a person's self-diagnosis is incorrect, it's highly unlikely that they'll get the tools they need to recover.

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Elon Musk Is Such a Garbage-Tier Dad That His Kids Find Out About Their New Siblings While Browsing Reddit

Futurism

"Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half-siblings through Reddit, I'd have two nickels," the 20-year-old posted on TikTok , "which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?" Though she didn't name names outright, that post was almost certainly in reference to news of far-right influencer Ashley St.

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Meta says Chinese law enforcement linked to world's largest covert influence operation

TechSpot

Meta's security researchers described the campaign as the "largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world." Ben Nimmo, Meta's global threat intelligence lead, said the accounts were also active on Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, X. Read Entire Article

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Extra Crunch roundup: Influencer marketing, China’s tech clampdown, drafting growth teams

TechCrunch

Before you hire a marketing consultant who doesn’t understand your products or commit to a CMO who has several years of experience — but none in your sector — consider influencer marketing. According to Uber growth marketing manager Jonathan Martinez: “ … You don’t need to find influencers with millions of followers.