The Daily Populous

Thursday September 2nd, 2021 night edition

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Reddit on Wednesday banned an active COVID misinformation subreddit.

An admin post in r/RedditSecurity confirmed that the subreddit r/NoNewNormal, which was full of COVID misinformation, was banned.

NoNewNormal was quarantined on Aug. 11, but according to the admin, users on the subreddit continued their rule-breaking behavior.

It called for Reddit to take action against the COVID misinformation on the platform.

"We have gone private in protest of Reddit's inaction against Covid misinformation," read the message on the Pokemon Go subreddit before the banning.

NoNewNormal has been a point of focus of Reddit's COVID misinformation problem and had evaded banning until.

Since its banning, NoNewNormal users are already spreading links to a separate site dedicated to keeping the COVID misinformation flowing. »

US officials 'unsure' of whereabouts of GOP congressman who went rogue to rescue people in Afghanistan: report

Authored by rawstory.com

As The 19th reports, Planned Parenthood and other clinics across the state have already mass-canceled abortion appointments.

And yet, somehow the Fifth Circuit Court, which is notoriously authoritarian, found a way to uphold the law.

The law went into effect at the stroke of midnight on September 1, as the Supreme Court passively allowed that lower court decision to stand. »

PUBG's Creator Leaves Company To Form New Studio

Authored by kotaku.com
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Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, the man whose modding and design efforts helped create the Battle Royale genre as we know it, has left PUBG’s parent company Krafton to form his own development studio.

Greene is staying in Amsterdam to head up this new company, called Playerunknown Productions, which will be independent, but in which Krafton will “hold a minority stake. ”

Today, I’m excited to take the next step on my journey to create the kind of experience I’ve envisaged for years. »

Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to 'shut down' telecoms companies if they hand over Republicans' phone records to the January 6 commission

Authored by businessinsider.com

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed they'd be "shut down" if they handed over data to the commission.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Tuesday that any telecommunications company that complies with a request to hand over Republicans' messages to the January 6 commission would be "shut down.".

Read more: Marjorie Taylor Greene is buying stock in companies that back Black Lives Matter and climate change action. »