Tron’s DLive platform under fire for live streaming US Capitol extremists
The crypto-powered streaming platform DLive has come under fire after far-right extremists used the service to live stream this week’s violent insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. DLive, the decentralized streaming platform that Justin Sun purchased and migrated to Tron in December 2019, was used by several far-right extremists to live-stream their insurrection in the U.S. Capitol building on Jan 6.The extremists were also able to raise donations during the broadcast and the platform has been accused of allowing extremists to raise “hundreds of thousands” of dollars, mostly in cryptocurrency,....
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A legal non-profit accuses the platform of failing to moderate accounts and allowing extremists to collect donations.
The letter also asks whether DLive identified any crypto donations from foreign entities to the individuals present on Jan. 6.
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