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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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A picture's worth a thousand words, or in this case, a podcast episode.

This week Ben and Amory bring two very different stories from Reddit about pictures on the internet. First – what legal rights do we have over our photos after posting them on Instagram? Then, Ben indoctrinates Amory to The Game.

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