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HA! AT&T CEO had a run in with 4chan way back in '09, kek

Randall’s Falsely Reported Death

On July 26, 2009, a story broke on CNN’s iReport website. According to the story, Randall went on a massive cocaine binge during a party at his mansion. He ended up overdosing and went into a coma, and he died shortly after. It turned out that the story wasn’t true, and it was taken down from the website. The CNN execs believed that the story came from hackers who have never been identified. They believed that a group called 4chan users were responsible for the attack who did it in retaliation for the decision made by AT&T to block the site for all of its broadband customers.

https://moneyinc.com/randall-stephenson/

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Moar on the lawsuit mentioned in LB

https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Sued-Exec-Fired-Over-Racist-Text-Messages-133609

AT&T Sued, Exec Fired Over Racist Text Messages

AT&T this week was hit with a lawsuit (pdf) for racial discrimination that has resulted in AT&T firing a key U-Verse executive for sending racist text messages around the office. The lawsuit was filed by Knoyme King, a 50-year-old African-American woman and a 30-year employee of AT&T. King accuses AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, U-Verse executive Aaron Slator, and other AT&T brass of cultivating an environment of racism at the telecom giant.

King claims that she "witnessed-and experienced race and age discrimination and harassment" while at AT&T, and was passed over repeatedly for promotion due to her age, gender and race. King, currently a content coordinator in AT&T's U-Verse group, is seeking $100 million in damages.

At the heart of the lawsuit are two photos that were found by assistants on the phone of U-Verse President Aaron Slator. We won't post or describe them here, but they can be found in the body of the suit itself (pdf). King and her lawyer claim the AT&T board intentionally ignored complaints when the content of the photos were brought to their attention.

"Aaron Slator has been terminated," AT&T said in a brief statement. "There is no place for demeaning behavior within AT&T and we regret the action was not taken earlier."

However, the suit claims that racism at AT&T goes much further than Slator.

"Slator's discriminatory animus is part of a course of conduct at AT&T that has been condoned, encouraged and ratified throughout the years by the highest levels at AT&T," claims the suit. The filing goes on to claim that "AT&T took no action to reprimand Slator, to train or educate him, or to curb his racism. To the contrary, AT&T engaged in a deliberate cover-up of Slator' s racism."

Lawsuit docs: https://www.scribd.com/document/263791626/King-v-ATT?ad_group=82462X1534048Xc3716dce09189d68d1a32bee7de7909b&campaign=SkimbitLtd&keyword=660149026&medium=affiliate&source=hp_affiliate