Reddit

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Sexually explicit images of women being traded by men on Reddit (The Independent)

'I was really shocked to see a lot of content of explicit images - predominantly of South Asian females,' says woman.

Perpetrators of revenge porn face jail sentences of up to two years. Men were found to be writing vitriolic, misogynistic remarks about the women - with rape threats unearthed. “There was a threat to my security and privacy, which immediately made me feel very on edge and at risk.” “The main issue is they are targeting women who are vulnerable and come from communities where they don’t have an ability to speak out. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) They are trapping women in very uncomfortable situations.” [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. The 26-year-old, who lives in London, said: “I was sent a link from my family friend to this Reddit forum. “It was an image taken from a fashion shoot I did on Instagram. She said she was “really angry” and “quite shocked” when she discovered the photo of herself on the platform - adding that the comments on her photo felt “traumatising” to read. Tanvi Shah, a presenter and content creator, told The Independent of how she was shocked to discover a photo of herself on Reddit. Sexually explicit images and footage of women is being uploaded and sold by men on the

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How intimate photos are being stolen by scorned partners and ... (Daily Mail)

Thousands of women are being harassed by an anonymous mob after their private images were stolen and shared on social media platform Reddit.

'We have dedicated internal Safety teams that use a combination of automated tooling and human review to detect and action non-consensual intimate media. For instance, we recently updated our rule against non-consensual intimate media to provide a clearer sense of the content this rule prohibits. The company says it employs a team of staff to root out private images shared without the users consent. The law covers the sharing of images both on and offline. All were being dehumanised as sexual objects in the comments. I was sure none of the women would have consented to appearing on this forum.'

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Women Are Being Harassed by the Users of a Disturbing Reddit ... (InsideHook)

Users are trading explicit photos (posted without consent) and exposing personal info in various forums on Reddit that seems difficult to shut down.

The subreddit in question has been shut down since the BBC article appeared, but it seems like it can just as easily pop up again under a slightly different name. The company also noted that detecting and removing these images involves both automated tools and a team of workers. Even non-explicit photos were “accompanied by degrading comments and sometimes requests to hack victims’ phones and computers for nudes.”

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Reddit nudes a 'new evolution of revenge porn' (The Week UK)

'Thousands' of photos of naked women are being shared by men without consent.

The trading of nude images and footage of women is now so widespread that experts have named it “collector culture”. In the episode, Plaha manages to track down the man responsible for creating a Reddit forum targeting South Asian women that is “awash” with explicit material. The platform has “ “There are too many of them, and it’s tens of thousands of men.” She described the phenomenon as being like “a new evolution of so-called [revenge porn](https://www.theweek.co.uk/101962/revenge-porn-what-is-the-law-in-the-uk)”. Several women told Plaha that Reddit had not done enough to help them get their image removed from the platform.

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Weirdest Reddit communities sees people staple bread to trees and ... (Daily Star)

Out of every social media platform, Reddit is possibly home to the weirdest corners of the Internet imaginable where people post photos of bread stuck to ...

This subreddit encourages people to post photos of chairs placed underwater. Users of the message board use DIY to make their Furbies look extra-long in a dazzling array of weird designs. As the name suggests, people come to this subreddit to share photos of birds with human-like arms. First released in 1998, Furbies were one of the most popular kids' toys of the early 2000s. Birds are fantastic creatures that come in a huge variety of shapes, sizes, and colours. Impress your friends!

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Why Is Reddit Blurry? How to Unblur NSFW Content (MakeUseOf)

Are some posts on Reddit blurred out? Here's why and how to get rid of the filter.

Whether or not you turn off the NSFW blur is up to you. Once you've turned off the NSFW blur, all NSFW content will be visible on Reddit. By default, the blur is turned on for all users.

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How scorned partners share personal images on Reddit (TDPel Media)

After their private photos were taken and posted on the social networking site Reddit, thousands of people are being tormented by an anonymous mob. There.

It claims to have a team of employees working to find private photographs shared without the users’ permission. A representative said: “We are investing today in our teams, technologies, and procedures to meet this aim. [information](https://atomicdigest.com/) was posted online. None of the women, I was certain, would have agreed to participate in In the comments, everyone was being sexually objectified and dehumanized. “The first one I looked at was centred on South Asian ladies and had more than 20,000 users, with comments in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi.

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10 Unpopular Opinions About Letterboxd, According To Reddit (Screen Rant)

Though Letterboxd has a legion of loyal cinephile users, Redditors have some unpopular opinions about the film review app.

User It is important to remember that the experience of social media can be controlled by the user themselves. A deleted user didn't hold back when they wrote "Letterboxd has a ton of snobs and nasty people on it...it totally ruins the experience". Because the audience is so targeted, their ratings are going to be higher by default since no one who would dislike it would even watch it. However, they can be put to good use if they are well crafted, and collect a bevy of films that actually pertain to one another. In the end, Letterboxd is a social media platform, and users must come to expect certain things when using it. The issue of Power Users and other such influencers strikes at the heart of the divide within the Letterboxd community. The debate between IOS and Android will rage on forever, but the limitations of the Android tech has seemed to hit apps like Letterboxd particularly hard. However, the most popular lists wouldn't be pushed in the algorithm if users weren't clicking on them. Because some shows can run for decades, it would be very difficult to individually log and categorize episodes of TV, and it would most likely overrun the app with new issues. Or scrutinized for having your favorite be something niche or to your taste". Despite this popularity, some users have found a few things to take umbrage with while logging and rating their favorite films.

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