How Reddit has been a valuable tool for crime investigators

The online forum Reddit has proven to be a key source for investigators of high-profile crimes, including the fatal shootings at Brown University.

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Reddit is one of the most cited sources for those AI-enabled answers at the top of Google searches. The social media forum where people can comment on questions or news items is also figuring into high-profile investigations, including the fatal shootings at Brown University and, later, of an MIT professor. Ben Brock Johnson is co-host of Endless Thread, a podcast about what can be the blurred line between

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