Tech News: Reddit Takes Misinformation Seriously

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Tech News: Reddit Takes Misinformation Seriously

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Sep 2, 2021

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After numerous protests, Reddit shut down a subreddit dedicated to the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. Will it follow up on similar problematic subreddits? And in other news, India cracks down on VPNs, the feds still depend on facial recognition tech and Amazon and SpaceX are in a space fight.
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