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hlthe2b

(102,297 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:14 PM Jan 2019

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Good news for ROKU users: After complaints, ROKU is REMOVING INFOWARS from its channel store

All who called and emailed (as I did today) can feel good. I thought the poor lady I spoke with was going to cry when I asked if anyone there gave a damn about those lost Sandy Hook kids and InfoWar's intentional denial that it had ever happened. Well, someone listened, it seems.

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Good news for ROKU users: After complaints, ROKU is REMOVING INFOWARS from its channel store (Original Post) hlthe2b Jan 2019 OP

I hope those who were going to boycott and end their Roku use/subscriptions this AM, see this. KICK hlthe2b Jan 2019 #1

Good to hear Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #2

About F'ing time RainCaster Jan 2019 #3

K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #4

Good. K&R highplainsdem Jan 2019 #5

Now I can keep my Roku meow2u3 Jan 2019 #6

The long game, Fox next........ Pepsidog Jan 2019 #7

how long is "shortly"? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #8

the backlash was immediate & widespread--MSM is covering heavily, so I don't see it happening again hlthe2b Jan 2019 #9

thanks! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #10

K&R demmiblue Jan 2019 #11

A nice reminder that there are more of us than them. rogue emissary Jan 2019 #12

hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)

1. I hope those who were going to boycott and end their Roku use/subscriptions this AM, see this. KICK

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:18 PM

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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)

2. Good to hear

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:19 PM

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RainCaster

(10,885 posts)

3. About F'ing time

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:24 PM

Jan 2019

I could care less about roku, but my daughter lives them. I'm happy to get that venom out of her life.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:42 PM

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highplainsdem

(49,005 posts)

5. Good. K&R

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:43 PM

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meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

6. Now I can keep my Roku

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:45 PM

Jan 2019

instead of going out to buy a Chromecast or Amazon Fire.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)

7. The long game, Fox next........

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 12:14 AM

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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,356 posts)

8. how long is "shortly"?

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 08:32 AM

Jan 2019

Wait and see if the stink fades and then keep it up anyway? Is that "shortly"?

hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)

9. the backlash was immediate & widespread--MSM is covering heavily, so I don't see it happening again

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 08:47 AM

Jan 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/16/roku-gave-infowars-platform-reaching-millions-after-hours-outrage-they-backed-down/?utm_term=.c7f9f635434f

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,356 posts)

10. thanks!

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 08:51 AM

Jan 2019

I knew the response was fast, but I don't have Roku and not caught up on news, yet.

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)

11. K&R

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:26 PM

Jan 2019

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)

12. A nice reminder that there are more of us than them.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:31 PM

Jan 2019

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