Bobby Allyn
Stories
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'Stop Lying': Muslim Rights Group Sues Facebook Over Claims It Removes Hate Groups
The civil rights group says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress and the public the network would move fast to take down posts that break its rules, but anti-Muslim bigotry is still present.
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Group-Chat App Discord Says It Banned More Than 2,000 Extremist Communities
The popular platform also reported on Monday that it deleted more than 300 communities, known on the site as "servers," that were dedicated to the conspiracy theory QAnon.
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Justice Clarence Thomas Takes Aims At Tech And Its Power 'To Cut Off Speech'
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said social media companies are "sufficiently akin" to public utilities and should be "regulated in this manner."
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Why Does Discord Not Use Ads? And Why Is Microsoft Interested? We Asked Discord's CEO
The social networking app has exploded in popularity during the pandemic, far outgrowing its gaming roots. Now, Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord for $10 billion.
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Ex-CEO Sues Parler Over 'Arrogant Theft,' Claims Site Was 'Hijacked'
John Matze, the co-founder and former CEO of Parler, has sued the site's financier, Rebekah Mercer, over his ouster from the company, which he alleges took millions of dollars away from him.
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Why SkySilk Came Out of Nowhere To Save Parler After Capitol Riot
After Amazon took Parler down over violent messages on the site, no tech services firm would help it come back online. Then an obscure Los Angeles-based company offered to help.
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What's An NFT? And Why Are People Paying Millions To Buy Them?
The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs.
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Morning Edition
What's A Non-Fungible Token? Why Some Collectors Are Spending Millions Them
The market for a "non-fungible token" is the talk of Silicon Valley. Collectors spent from $3 to millions for what amounts to digital art: a clip of Lebron dunking; a cat meme; and cartoon CytoPunks.
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Former Parler CEO Matze Stripped Of All Company Shares Upon Firing, Sources Say
Former Parler CEO John Matze was stripped of all of his shares in the alternative social media company after a dispute with co-founder Rebekah Mercer. The company was nearing a $1 billion valuation.
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TikTok To Pay $92 Million To Settle Class-Action Suit Over 'Theft' Of Personal Data
The proposed settlement applies to 89 million TikTok users in the U.S. whose personal data was allegedly tracked and sold to advertisers in violation of state and federal law.