Inside the Deep, Dark Roku Underworld Featuring Terrorists, Conspiracy Nuts, and Bill O’Reilly

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The digital streaming device’s easy-to-access private channels are a dark place filled with some of the worst of humanity.

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Published Aug. 22 2020 5:04AM EDT

If the streaming wars reinvented network television, the digital streaming device Roku amounts to something like basic cable. Through purple software packaged in a set-top box or smart TV, Roku peddles a discount option for the average viewer, bundling a limited range of shows and movies on what they call...

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Inside the Deep, Dark Roku Underworld Featuring Terrorists, Conspiracy Nuts, and Bill O’Reilly

The digital streaming device’s easy-to-access private channels are a dark place filled with some of the worst of humanity.

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