Bobby Allyn
Stories
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National
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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National
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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Law & Courts
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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Technology
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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Technology
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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Business
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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National
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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National
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.
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Technology
After Weeks Of Being Offline, Parler Finds A New Web Host
The conservative social network is relaunching under new leadership and on new technology, a month after being de-platformed. It says it will not rely on Big Tech for its operations.
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Law & Courts
Biden Administration Pauses Trump's TikTok Ban, Backs Off Pressure To Sell App
TikTok will still undergo a national security review by federal officials, but any outright ban, or pressure to sell to an American company, will not be a priority of the Biden White House.