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Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)
You Can't Look at Porn on Any Reddit Third-Party App Now (www.vice.com)
Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.
Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity (www.independent.co.uk)
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members
Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.
Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)
The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…
Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down (www.businessinsider.com)
Apollo founder Christian Selig said he’s “heartbroken” about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit’s API pricing changes.
“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.
Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.
Reddit's API protest just got even more NSFW (mashable.com)
Reddit risks losing its identity in pursuit of profits (www.techzine.eu)
Reddit isn’t profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform’s API
Biden renews call for assault weapons ban after ‘tragic and senseless’ spate of July 4 shootings (www.independent.co.uk)
President says ‘epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apart’ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago
Tesla owners are typically white men earning six figures (www.businessinsider.com)
Tesla owners are overwhelmingly men, and the most common occupations are engineer, software engineer, and manager of operations, one study found.
The Four Best Reddit Alternatives (lifehacker.com)
As Reddit melts down, users are fleeing to lemmy, kbin, tildes and more.
As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)
2 authors say OpenAI 'ingested' their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing, and a 'wave' of similar court cases may follow. (www.businessinsider.com)
Two authors sued OpenAI, accusing the company of violating copyright law. They say OpenAI used their work to train ChatGPT without their consent.
Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down (www.ghacks.net)
Reddit API fee protests push into third week (www.axios.com)
Now that you've all tried it ... ChatGPT web traffic falls 10% (www.theregister.com)
Slow June, people voting with their feet amid this AI craze, or something else?
There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power (www.salon.com)
Commentary: Longtime former Republican on Patrick Deneen and the demise of the conservative intellectual
France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)
A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.
Threads already has over 95 million posts, 30 million signups (www.theverge.com)
Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, is off to a rocket start. Mark Zuckerberg announced 30 million activated profiles, while internal data shows over 95 million posts and 190 million likes in less than one day,
Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Water Breaks (www.texasobserver.org)
House Bill 2127 pre-empts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.
Incoming medical students walk out at University of Michigan’s white coat ceremony as the keynote speaker is openly anti-abortion. (packaged-media.redd.it)
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Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads (www.mediamatters.org)
Americans Hate ISPs Almost As Much As They Hate Gas Stations, Survey Finds (www.extremetech.com)