How and why did a hawkish young mandarin hothoused at elite universities and in the halls of state power end up an executive at an anarchic messageboard site with an anti-establishment reputation?
Within hours of a move which saw Small Street making money to the detriment of Wall Street, authorities rushed in to shut the system down, with free marketeers in the financial world suddenly demanding overnight.
There was widespread outrage as panicked authorities introduced a host of emergency measures to stop the continued financial rebellion started by Redditors on the Wall Street Bets subreddit. “Capitalism has no problem when the working class plays. But has an issue when
A meme that depicts President Trump “attacking” CNN recently went viral, leading the network to claim that it promotes violence against journalists. The network has since gone on to blackmail the alleged creator of the meme, threatening to expose his identity if he mocks the network again.
It has been a difficult week for CNN, the New York Times and
Donald Trump is still reeling from the backlash over his comments on Mexico, yet despite his rhetoric the business baron apparently has no problem outsourcing his own clothing line to, you guessed it: Mexico.
Just yesterday Donald Trump was standing firm by his assertion that Mexico is stealing our jobs, trade and "killing us at the border." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/615866741994954752 Mr. Trump's views apparently do not extend to his personal business empire. An astute Reddit
The website also received hundreds of request to remove content or links.
A man holds Reddit's iconic image in a crowd. Credit: Creative Commons Lic. Reddit today released what it called its first "transparency report," which details requests for user information from both government entities and private lawyers. The site, which
The majority of the wealth of human knowledge is owned by a few publishing companies that hoard information and make billions off licensing fees, although most scholarly articles and journals are paid for by taxpayers through government grants. Aaron sought to change this.
Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz should have been celebrating his 28 years over the holidays. Yet nearly two years ago, he tragically took his own life. He was the target of a merciless witch-hunt by the Department of Justice, ultimately choosing death over
In the absence of hard facts, many online users are taking it upon themselves to uncover the truth about Asia’s disappearing Airliners.
In this May 9, 2014 photo, an AirAsia A320-200 plane takes off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia. An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia for Singapore. (Photo: Joshua
