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07-25-2017, 08:31 AM
The internet’s favorite fact checker S**pes is in deep trouble
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Just as one of the oldest fact-checking sites seems to have hit its mainstream stride, it gets tangled in a dramatic legal mess, one that involves lots of finger-pointing, alleged backstabbing, and a contentious divorce.
It’s the kind of backroom drama that tends to play out in secret, until someone files a lawsuit. **w we have **t one, but two lawsuits, and on Monday, a cry for help.
S**pes has launched a crowdfunding campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/saves**pes) to build a war chest. And it’s growing quickly. It says it needs the money because the site has been held "hostage" by a vendor, who is blocking access to its domain name, ad revenue, and backend code. But there's more to it than that. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/s**pes-lawsuit-gofundme/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It’s the kind of backroom drama that tends to play out in secret, until someone files a lawsuit. **w we have **t one, but two lawsuits, and on Monday, a cry for help.
S**pes has launched a crowdfunding campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/saves**pes) to build a war chest. And it’s growing quickly. It says it needs the money because the site has been held "hostage" by a vendor, who is blocking access to its domain name, ad revenue, and backend code. But there's more to it than that. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/24/s**pes-lawsuit-gofundme/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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