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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C. Gensler discussed his approach to the job in a recent interview with NPR.

Why Wall Street's top cop thinks it's time to get tough

Dec 19, 2021
In a recent interview with NPR, S.E.C. Chairman Gary Gensler says one of his top priorities is protecting amateur investors as his agency unveils a number of tough new rules and investigations.
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Economy
Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 1, 2012. Lingering anger over the 2008 global financial crisis has fueled several populist movements, including most recently, the battle waged by amateur investors coordinating i

'The Game Is Rigged': How Fury Over The Great Recession Fueled The Reddit Trade

Feb 09, 2021
The GameStop stock saga has risen into a movement fueled by a wave of emotions from the 2008 global financial crisis that are still raw.
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Day traders on the Reddit community r/WallStreetBets, founded by Jaime Rogozinski, drove up the price of GameStop and other stocks, setting up a standoff with Wall Street.

Reddit WallStreetBets Founder Calls GameStop Stock Frenzy A 'Symbolic Movement'

Jan 31, 2021
Jaime Rogozinski, a former moderator of the now-famous Reddit forum that sent GameStop stock soaring, saw the chaos coming. For too long, Wall Street has been "an invite-only club," he says.
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Shares of GameStop have surged as amateur investors foil hedge funds' efforts to short sell the stock.

From Elon Musk To AOC, Everybody Has A Tweet About GameStop

Jan 29, 2021
Jon Stewart and Ted Cruz are among other high-profile people who took to Twitter to comment on the stock story gripping the country.
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Business

Game Back On: GameStop Stock Rebounds As SEC Warns Against Market Manipulation

Jan 29, 2021
The video game retailer's shares shoot up, the online broker Robinhood struggles for cash and securities regulators issue a stern warning for anyone trying to game the market.
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Business
Video game retailer GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.

GameStop Stock Mania: Why Everyone Is Talking About It And Many Are Worried

Jan 28, 2021
GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Reddit announced on Monday that it has banned the popular subreddit for Trump fans called The_Donald. Reddit previously had taken action against the forum over posting content that violated its rules.

Reddit Bans The_Donald, Forum Of Nearly 800,000 Trump Fans, Over Abusive Posts

Jun 29, 2020
Reddit unveiled an update to its hate speech policies on Monday, including shutting down about 2,000 subreddits. It is the latest example of a popular online platform cracking down on hate speech.
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Politics
A Reddit post of a man in a business suit with the CNN logo for a head getting demolished by Trump in a wrestling match, was shared by the president himself on Twitter Sunday morning.

Reddit User Taking Credit For Trump Tweet Video Has History Of Bigoted Posts

Jul 03, 2017
The White House denies that a video showing Trump body-slamming a figure representing CNN came from a Reddit user who has posted messages against Muslims, Jews and African-Americans.
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Politics: Member Stations
D'Vorah Kelley of Keene, N.H., stood on the Statehouse lawn last week to to call for the resignation of Republican state Rep. Robert Fisher.

New Hampshire State Lawmaker Accused Of Online Misogyny Faces Expulsion

May 11, 2017
Rep. Robert Fisher has been linked to an online alias that posted comments like "every woman wants to be attractive enough to be raped."
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Objectionable Internet Posts From GOP Senate Hopeful's Son Surface

Sep 23, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 19-year-old son of a Nevada Republican who is in a pivotal U.S. Senate race is apologizing after his objectionable social media posts came to light.

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All Tech Considered
Yosemite is one of seven national parks defaced by Casey Nocket in 2014, the National Park Service says.

How Reddit Helped Find A Graffiti Artist Who Defaced National Parks

Jun 22, 2016
When a serial graffiti artist left her mark around national parks, hiking and nature lovers took to Reddit to find the vandalizer. The culprit was recently sentenced and banned from federal lands.
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All Tech Considered
The longer the messaging thread, the higher the chances that Hitler or Nazis get mentioned.

Study Shows People Still Love Inappropriately Referencing Nazis Online

May 09, 2016
Decades ago, Mike Godwin was bothered by how often digital commenters referenced Hitler. Today, Godwin's Law is still thriving, and there are numbers to show it.
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The Two-Way
The <em>Cedid</em> atlas was published in Istanbul in 1803.

Norway's National Library Discovers Rare Atlas — With A Little Help From Reddit

Jan 15, 2016
The Cedid was one of the first printed atlases from the Muslim world. There were 14 known copies in existence — until a Norwegian reference librarian with a fondness for /r/MapPorn noticed something.
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The Two-Way
"In my eight months as reddit's CEO, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly on reddit," Ellen Pao says, in a statement posted to the site. "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity."

Ellen Pao Out As Reddit CEO

Jul 10, 2015
Pao has been at the center of a controversy following the still-unexplained dismissal of a popular figure in the site's r/IAmA section. She is being replaced by Steve Huffman, the site's original CEO.
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The Two-Way

Dismissed Reddit Figure Victoria Taylor Breaks Silence

Jul 09, 2015
In a post on the site, r/IAmA's Taylor thanked supporters. Her dismissal this month prompted an insurrection in which moderators shut down many of the site's most popular sections.
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The Two-Way
The popular reddit question-and-answer section /r/IAmA, along with hundreds of others, has shut down in an apparent protest over the dismissal of a key figure at the social sharing site.

Reddit CEO Apologizes Days After User Revolt Over Firing Of Popular Figure

Jul 06, 2015
Ellen Pao said the company had "screwed up ... over the past several years," leading up to the way it handled the dismissal of Victoria Taylor, the key figure in the r/IAmA section.
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All Tech Considered
Ellen Pao, seen here in March, is the interim CEO of Reddit. The popular site has more than <a href="https://www.reddit.com/about/">160 million monthly visitors</a>.

Reddit CEO Says Miscommunication Led To Blackout Protest

Jul 05, 2015
A user revolt briefly shut down the social site last week after a key employee was dismissed. Interim CEO Ellen Pao says the company has "apologized for not communicating better" with site moderators.
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The Two-Way
The popular Reddit question-and-answer section /r/IAmA, along with hundreds of others, have shut down in an apparent protest over the dismissal of a key figure at the social sharing site.

Parts Of Social-Sharing Site Reddit Go Dark In Apparent User Revolt

Jul 03, 2015
After the firing of a key figure at the website, moderators of many of Reddit's most popular sections have gone private in apparent protest.
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All Tech Considered
Ellen Pao, interim CEO of Reddit, says that while the company is currently focused on addressing harassment by individual users, it will turn toward group harassment next.

Reddit's New Harassment Policy Aimed At Creating A 'Safe Platform'

May 19, 2015
Interim CEO Ellen Pao says the site wants to encourage a variety of views, within limits. "It's not our site's goal to be a completely free-speech platform. We want to be a safe platform," she says.
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