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Mon. 06/29 – Reddit Bans r/The_Donald and The Facebook Ad Boycott, Explained

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🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Reddit bans r/The_Donald and I try to break down the almost hour by hour, day by day timeline of the whole Facebook/social media ad boycott situation. Apple might not include a charger (!) in the iPhone 12 box, much less earbuds. Amazon cuts back on waste in India. India cuts off Tik Tok completely. And some news you can use if you need to recover lost files in Windows. Sponsors: Metalab.co Tovala.com/ride Links: Reddit bans r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse as part of a major expansion of its rules (The Verge) Exclusive: Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organizers say (Reuters) The hard truth about the Facebook ad boycott: Nothing matters but Zuckerberg (CNN Business) Kuo: Apple will not include earbuds or charger in iPhone 12 box (9to5Mac) Amazon eliminates single-use plastic in packaging in India (TechCrunch) Govt bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok as border tensions simmer in Ladakh (India Today) Microsoft’s new Windows File Recovery tool lets you retrieve deleted documents (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Monday, June 29th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough.

0:08.0

Today I try to break down the almost hour by hour day by day timeline of that whole Facebook slash

0:13.8

social media ad boycott situation. Apple might not include a charger in the

0:19.2

iPhone 12 box, much less earbuds. Amazon cuts back on waste in India,

0:23.4

while India cuts off Tik-Tok completely.

0:26.0

And some news you can use if you need to recover lost files and windows.

0:29.6

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. This is another one of those things where this

0:36.7

literally just broke so I'll tell you what I can now but the headline here is

0:41.4

that Reddit has banned the subreddit R slash the Donald as well as 200 other communities today after updating its content policy to more explicitly ban hate speech, quoting the verge.

0:54.3

I have to admit that I've struggled with balancing my values as an American and around

0:58.3

free speech and free expression with my values and the company's values around common

1:02.2

human decency,

1:03.0

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a call with reporters.

1:06.0

In a blog post that cites the company's new rules,

1:09.0

Huffman said users of the R slash the Donald

1:12.0

subreddit had violated the site's policies for years.

1:15.2

The site has no official connection to President Donald Trump, although he did do and

1:19.2

ask me anything there as a candidate in 2016.

1:22.3

The community has consistently hosted and up voted more rule-breaking content than average.

1:27.4

Rule 1.

1:28.4

Antagonized thus, and other communities rules 2 and 8, and its mods have refused to meet our most basic expectations

1:34.4

Huffman said. Reddit's new policy begins with a first rule that requires

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