<s>
Candid	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
for	O
anonymous	O
discussions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Bindu	O
Reddy	O
said	O
that	O
she	O
needed	O
"	O
a	O
place	O
to	O
express	O
myself	O
and	O
engage	O
in	O
discussions	O
where	O
ideas	O
can	O
be	O
debated	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
merits	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
attack	O
me	O
as	O
a	O
person	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
Candid	B-Operating_System
tried	O
to	O
solve	O
by	O
redirecting	O
off-topic	O
comments	O
to	O
their	O
appropriate	O
groups	O
,	O
removing	O
spam	O
and	O
flagging	O
negative	O
posts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
used	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
to	O
identify	O
hate	O
speech	O
,	O
slander	O
and	O
threats	O
,	O
and	O
removed	O
them	O
accordingly	O
with	O
human	O
intervention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Candid	B-Operating_System
software	O
analyzed	O
topics	O
and	O
tried	O
to	O
flag	O
rumors	O
and	O
lies	O
as	O
such	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Candid	B-Operating_System
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
because	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Post	O
Intelligence	O
,	O
was	O
being	O
acquired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
bought	O
out	O
by	O
Uber	B-Application
in	O
June	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
