TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Reddit is also having a go, experimenting with it for its chat feature. Silicon Valley reporter Connie Loizos interviewed three seasoned VCs to get their best advice for novice entrepreneurs. Zack and Carly took a look back at how law enforcement cracked down on cybercriminals this year.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast , where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. Further reading: Reddit bans anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal after site-wide protest. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Good advice for marketing mercenaries, but keep those pitches straight — reporters know when we’re being sold to, and the FTC isn’t messing around. Today, wind power and wave action are just two technologies leading investors to take a closer look at ocean conservation technology, reports Tim De Chant.

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The Verge

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Reddit meme that bludgeoned a hedge fund There are three things to remember as you watch the chaos unfolding with GameStop’s stock price. There is a Reddit forum for this , r/WallStreetBets, which describes itself as being “like 4chan found a Bloomberg Terminal.” Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge. it’s not just GameStop anymore.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We’re psyched to be reporting live from TechCrunch Disrupt — without ignoring the rest of the world, natch. Helping it along is $4 million in new capital from Base10 Partners, Tage reports. million in Series A funding, Christine reports. PDT, subscribe here. What’s uuuuup, you wonderful humans. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Atrium, a 100-person legal tech startup founded by Justin Kan, shut down in March after failing to find an efficient way to replace the arduous systems of law firms. Goldstein and Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, was one of the first travel aggregation platforms on the market. Total Raised: $75 million. Hipmunk (2010-2020).

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

The company has promoted encrypted messaging across its ecosystem, encouraged limits on how mobile apps can gather data, and fought law enforcement agencies looking for user records. If a user searches for topics related to child sexual abuse, Apple will direct them to resources for reporting it or getting help with an attraction to it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

If the phrase evokes images of celebrities hawking hard seltzer, think again: An influencer can be as humble as an enthusiastic Reddit user who manages your Telegram channel. According to Uber growth marketing manager Jonathan Martinez: “ … You don’t need to find influencers with millions of followers.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As with the Cambridge Analytica scandal — another story about which the basic facts had long been known, but which suddenly roared back into the spotlight after fresh news reports — seismic shifts in public opinion forced Facebook to rethink long-held values. But it seems relatively clear why Facebook ultimately changed its mind. “My

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Everyaction

MAY 14, 2018

Do your research Every state has different laws when it comes to elections and voter registration, so research carefully to make sure that you are giving students accurate and up-to-date information. For the most accurate information, visit your secretary of state’s or board of elections’ websites. EveryAction's. social share tracking and.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The next Mark Zuckerberg? ”: Two Stanford dropouts created Fizz, which Amanda describes as “the anonymous, college-only, Reddit-like social app” that helps you stay connected should your alternative pandemic communication options fail you. Manish has more. “ It’s here, it’s here! : “Edtech still has deep and untapped opportunities.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Then, in early September, Linkletter got an unexpected call from a reporter at the Vancouver Sun. But as critics are discovering, the law is giving Proctorio an unexpected advantage, allowing the company to shut down criticisms by appealing to copyright law. +. We know their CEO. We know he’s unethical.

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2021

While native medicinal practitioners used cannabis to treat illnesses in the past, a law introduced in 1935 under British colonial rule criminalized cannabis. Despite these laws, cannabis is the most-used illicit drug in Sri Lanka , with an estimated 600,000 users ; natural scientist Wasantha Sena Weliange believes that number is much higher.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Anyway, the company is doing “pretty well,” Alex reports, but as to Musk’s bid of a “38% premium over the day before [his] investment was publicly announced”? Tiger Global (making its first pre-seed investment in a Pakistani startup, we report) and Zayn are hitching their wagons to this one, so we are eager to follow along.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Fast Company reports that the fastest growing age group using Facebook and Google+ are people over 45. It’s your car watching your every move to make your travel safe and efficient; it’s cameras on traffic lights and road-bed sensors watching your car’s every move to see that it obeys the laws. Anything I missed?

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The Verge

APRIL 25, 2021

A woman has sued Reddit for allowing an ex-boyfriend to repeatedly post pornographic images of her as a 16-year-old. The resulting case will test the limits of platforms’ legal shields amid ongoing efforts to pare back the law behind them. Footage allegedly spread on the ‘darkest and most disturbing’ corners of Reddit.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2021

The Verge is deeply invested in doing service journalism; we report on companies’ misdeeds, we review expensive products to tell you whether they’re worth your hard-earned money, and speak to industry leaders to get their insights on the issues affecting their companies and their customers. Reddit Faire. But there’s an easier way.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

According to a new report in The Verge, Musk privately contacted Reddit CEO Steve Huffman regarding content on the social sharing platform. Before Musk reached out to the Reddit CEO, the owner of X went on a public tirade against Reddit. We will evaluate content reported to us and take action if it violates.”

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

As reported by TechCrunch, this isn't completely new. Based on what users on platforms like X and Reddit have shared, it appears that ​​Gemini 2.0 Social media users have recently discovered that Google's new Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model can be used to remove watermarks from images. This Tweet is currently unavailable.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

On a Reddit thread, a number of 23andMe customers said they are having trouble actually deleting their data. Reddit user jacmrose complained, “tried canceling and never got the email they are supposed to send to confirm.” And they’re taking to social media to air their complaints.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

Should Reddit pay its volunteer moderators? The executives were briefing me and some other reporters about a significant expansion of the site’s content moderation policies, which were unveiled on Monday and resulted in the removal of 2,000 subreddits , including the notorious forum for hate speech The_Donald. Back on Monday.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Researchers discovered a Russian misinformation campaign that used forged documents and a network of burner accounts to spread rumors across Facebook and Reddit. In the years that followed, the campaign shifted to Reddit, Medium, and even the user-generated portion of BuzzFeed. Evelyn Douek has a perfect tweet about this report.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

A quarter of the deep links in The New York Times’ articles are now rotten, leading to completely inaccessible pages, according to a team of researchers from Harvard Law School, who worked with the Times ’ digital team. There would be countless Reddit threads and tweet replies that would no longer make sense to future readers.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Journalists, myself included, would simply call that reporting. But it’s the kind of reporting that tilts the balance away from managers and toward their employees — and in ways that are difficult to fight back against. It’s true that this dynamic raises questions of fairness. Bobby Allyn / NPR). Joseph Cox / Vice ).

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

And while sometimes these outside consulting projects approach the client with kid gloves, lead auditor Laura Murphy and her team at the law firm Relman Colfax delivered an 89-page assessment of Facebook’s policies around voter suppression, hate speech, algorithmic bias, and content moderation that is measured but often unsparing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

TechCrunch Reporter Devin Coldewey reports: This kind of investigation doesn’t just appear out of thin air — the FTC doesn’t look around and say “That looks suspicious.” Although OpenAI notes it may not grant every request since it must balance privacy requests against freedom of expression “in accordance with applicable laws”.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

passed its sell-or-ban law last year due to security concerns. Per Reuters, the president spoke with reporters on Sunday about the potential sale, saying that he has been in contact with suitors leading up to the deadline. “We’re dealing with four different groups,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. Reddit issued such a statement last week.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Law enforcement officials say the group’s adherents used Facebook to plan the murder of a federal agent. Reddit bans The_Donald. The practical effect of Reddit removing what was perhaps its most notorious forum is likely to be limited. The way out, for us, has been through our mission: What are we trying to accomplish on Reddit?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. Under Swiss law, such requests can't proceed without a court order.). Anyone can read the report without needing an account.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

And in Las Vegas, three men were indicted “for allegedly conspiring to destroy government and private property during protests in that city on May 30, and for allegedly possessing Molotov cocktails,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The movement has also found to be active on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit, among other social sites.)

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

That has created an opening for its rivals, including Shopify, Target, and Costco, which have all grown faster in the past two months than Amazon has, according to a separate report in Bloomberg last week. Reported cases in California: 71,171. Reported cases in New York: 343,705. Reported cases in New Jersey: 140,743.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

The latter app also drove growth in kids’ social app use by 100% in 2019 and 200% in 2020, the report found. And to that last point, PingWest reported this week that ByteDance will begin restricting the access Chinese engineers have to TikTok’s code base. So basically, before TikTok, kids used social apps a certain amount.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

Oracle NPR reported in January that Oracle was working with Trump Administration officials on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app's global operations. Now, Trumps position on Oracle is unclear. the blockchain.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

At Vice , Joseph Cox, one of the best security reporters I know, reported that members of the underground hacking community are sharing screenshots suggesting someone gained access to an internal Twitter tool used for account management. A report on that subject from King’s College London came out just last week.).

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

According to Romm, American Edge is set up to ”navigate a thicket of tax laws in such a way that it can raise money, and blitz the airwaves with ads, without the obligation of disclosing all of its donors.”. When reporters printed out copies of the tweets to ask for comment, they still managed to avoid it. Corinne Reichert / CNET).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The story, by Maxwell Tani and Spencer Ackerman, recounts a controversy that broke out inside the company when one of its 50,000 employees posted a short essay to its internal Workplace forum titled “In Support of Law Enforcement and Black Lives.” On consumer Facebook, the post would have stayed up even if it had been reported.

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