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'''Ellen Kangru Pao''' is an [[American]] lawyer, investor and former CEO of [[social media]] platform [[Reddit]]. After working for [[Mitch Kapor]], she joined Reddit as head of business development at first in [[2013]].
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'''Ellen Kangru Pao''' is an [[American]] lawyer, investor and former CEO of [[social media]] platform [[Reddit]].  
  
She tweeted in [[2020]] that she and others were aware of [[Ghislaine Maxwell]] and suspected her involvement in [[child trafficking]] at a party in 2011, but it was deemed OK with most people at the party following Maxwell's arrests.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/ghislaine-maxwell-reddit-ceo-ellen-pao/</ref>
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==Background==
Some of the persons confirmed as guests on this party for her at that time employer Kleiner Perkins include [[Al Gore]] and [[Laura D'Andrea Tyson]].<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/boonsri-dickinson-heres-who-was-at-the-super-exclusive-kleiner-perkins-party-last-night-2011-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T</ref>
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After working for [[Mitch Kapor]], she joined Reddit as head of business development at first in [[2013]].
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==Ghislaine Maxwell==
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Following Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest, Pao tweeted in [[2020]] that she and others were aware of [[Ghislaine Maxwell]] and her involvement in [[child trafficking]] at a party in 2011, but it was deemed "OK" with most people controlling the guest list at a party for Kleiner Perkins, a famous venture capital firm heading from Silicon Valley.<ref>https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/ghislaine-maxwell-reddit-ceo-ellen-pao/</ref>
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Ghislaine Maxwell and Pao shared space in the venture capital firm, and were working together in 2009, when Maxwell’s alleged partner and co-conspirator [[Jeffrey Epstein]] pleaded guilty for having sex with an underage girl.
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Some of the persons confirmed as guests on this party include [[Al Gore]] and [[Laura D'Andrea Tyson]].<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/boonsri-dickinson-heres-who-was-at-the-super-exclusive-kleiner-perkins-party-last-night-2011-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T</ref>
 
[[image:Screenshot 2020-07-09 Ellen K Pao twitter.png|600px|left|thumbnail|What was the purpose or reasoning behind this tweet?<ref>https://twitter.com/ekp/status/1280020996460670976</ref>]]
 
[[image:Screenshot 2020-07-09 Ellen K Pao twitter.png|600px|left|thumbnail|What was the purpose or reasoning behind this tweet?<ref>https://twitter.com/ekp/status/1280020996460670976</ref>]]
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During her CEO period, the site banned revenge [[pornography]]. In 2015, decisions made by the company during her tenure, such as the banning of controversial Reddit communities for harassment, generated criticism culminated in Pao resigning. The backlash she received sparked debates both on the treatment of women in technology and the need for transparency in a company that relies on volunteers. Pao has called out Reddit leadership for trying to instigate [[polarization]] and narrative control through their social media.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Pao#Exit_from_Reddit</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:38, 7 November 2022

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(Lawyer, businesswoman, CEO)
Ellen K. Pao.jpg
BornEllen Kangru Pao
1970
New Jersey, United States
Alma materPrinceton University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School
InterestsControlling the narrative
Former CEO of Reddit, former investment partner at Kleiner Perkins

Ellen Kangru Pao is an American lawyer, investor and former CEO of social media platform Reddit.

Background

After working for Mitch Kapor, she joined Reddit as head of business development at first in 2013.

Ghislaine Maxwell

Following Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest, Pao tweeted in 2020 that she and others were aware of Ghislaine Maxwell and her involvement in child trafficking at a party in 2011, but it was deemed "OK" with most people controlling the guest list at a party for Kleiner Perkins, a famous venture capital firm heading from Silicon Valley.[1]

Ghislaine Maxwell and Pao shared space in the venture capital firm, and were working together in 2009, when Maxwell’s alleged partner and co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty for having sex with an underage girl. Some of the persons confirmed as guests on this party include Al Gore and Laura D'Andrea Tyson.[2]

What was the purpose or reasoning behind this tweet?[3]

Reddit

During her CEO period, the site banned revenge pornography. In 2015, decisions made by the company during her tenure, such as the banning of controversial Reddit communities for harassment, generated criticism culminated in Pao resigning. The backlash she received sparked debates both on the treatment of women in technology and the need for transparency in a company that relies on volunteers. Pao has called out Reddit leadership for trying to instigate polarization and narrative control through their social media.[4]


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