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Reddit’s executives are still walking a thin, shaky tightrope as they update the site’s content policy. Today, CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman posted a small update on Reddit’s new moderator tools and rules for policing the site’s worst communities — which could spell one of the biggest shifts in the site’s history. He stayed to chat about what…
Michael Brown’s killing brought to light the horrific case of Henry Davis, who was beaten by Ferguson cops, then charged with bleeding on them. Now he’s finally allowed to sue them. The Ferguson cops charged Henry Davis with destruction of property because he bled on their uniforms when they beat him. Then, as if fearing…
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As the dust settles at Reddit, CEO Steve Huffman has updated the community on what the company has planned. While most of his post is as you may expect it to be (community quarantines, bug fixes), Huffman did note there would soon be more tools to prevent harassment — all the way down to private…
WARNING: The video above may be too graphic for some viewers. Watch with discretion. CINCINNATI – UC police officer Ray Tensing’s body camera video clearly shows that he committed “murder” when he shot and killed an unarmed black motorist at a traffic stop, prosecutor Joe Deters said Wednesday. The shocking video shows Tensing, standing outside…
Federal Reserve policy makers said the labor market and housing have improved, moving closer to ending an unprecedented period of near-zero interest rates without providing a clear signal on the timing of liftoff. “The labor market continued to improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment,” the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement…
A grizzly bear looks around while she and her two cubs feed on the carcass of a bison in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart I have read all the critiques of women’s vocal mannerisms and tics. No “just.” No “sorry.” No uptalk. No vocal fry. I have come…
A bit of background is in order: I fell into my first coding job in 1996. I was meant to be working on my MA in archaeology in London, but I discovered that HTML, even back in those days before tables, offered a sense of instant gratification that is often lacking from the humanities. I…
Photo via Twitter/courtesy Meagan Taylor Meagan Taylor has bright red hair. She takes cute selfies. She went to Iowa two weeks ago, a trip from her home in Illinois cut short with an arrest. Her name became a hashtag. She is black and transgender and young, and in a month that has seen at least…
Yesterday Twitter beat financial expectations across the board. Today the company’s stock price collapsed near all-time lows. At first look the slip is surprising, if only because Twitter’s stock initially jumped 5 percent yesterday after the release of its Q2 report. Maybe you saw our story on that pop, and checked back an hour later confused as all hell. A number…