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Amazon Cloud Outage Takes Down Sites, Streamers

CNBC reports: Amazon’s cloud-computing service on Wednesday was hit with an outage that took down some websites and services. A notice on Amazon Web Services’ status page said it was experiencing problems with Kinesis, its service that processes large streams of data, causing “increased error rates” for a number of websites. The outage also impacted its ability to post updates …

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Multiple QAnon Channels Still On Streaming Services

Media Matters reports: At least three major streaming devices are hosting multiple channels dedicated to the dangerous QAnon conspiracy theory, despite its supporters’ ties to violence — and seemingly in violation of the platforms’ terms of service. Most of these QAnon channels appear to be using the same video hosting service, Secure Server TV, which facilitates the channels’ distribution across …

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Roku Reverses On Adding Infowars After Backlash

The Hill reports: Roku said late Tuesday that it deleted its channel for InfoWars just hours after the streaming platform said the show, which is hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, didn’t violate its content policies. Roku initially defended its decision in a statement to The Hill on Tuesday, saying that it “allows our customers to choose from thousands of …

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American Atheists To Launch TV Network

This summer American Atheists will launch the nation’s first-ever channel devoted to atheism. American Atheists already has a production studio at their national headquarters in Cranford, N.J., where they film their public access cable show “Atheist Viewpoint.” The show is in its 20th season and is distributed to 50 markets across the country. AtheistTV will make use of content from …

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