Verizon's self-serving tech news site is no more
SugarString, Verizon's news site that wouldn't cover its corporate parent's dirty laundry, is no more. It was originally set up to ape outlets like the one you're reading, except that Big Red banned discussion of spying and net neutrality. Unfortunately, just over a month since the Daily Dot exposed such limits, the site has been pulled from the internet. According to DSLReports, the company is now saying that SugarString was a "pilot project" and that it's evaluating, learning, and moving forward from the experience.
Sadly, this means that we won't be able to witness SugarString not covering Verizon's policy of adding tracking profiles to devices with Do Not Track enabled. We'll never be able to not read coverage of the company's $7.4 million FCC fine after it let landline users inadvertently share their personal data. There'll be no opportunity to read an editorial that doesn't talk about Verizon's dealings with the NSA while it denied doing the very same. Oh, and we'll all miss out on the chance to not read the tale of when Verizon shot down net neutrality so that it could hold Netflix to ransom.
