Article 5W925 His journalist daughter was killed. Now he wants to ‘fix’ big tech in Congress

His journalist daughter was killed. Now he wants to ‘fix’ big tech in Congress

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Lauren Gambinoin Washington DC
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Andy Parker says he is honoring' his daughter Alison Parker's death by fighting for a congressional seat to regulate big tech

Andy Parker has never watched the video of his daughter's murder. But anyone with an internet connection can find it, view it and share it.

In the years since Alison Parker, a 24-year-old TV journalist in Roanoke, Virginia, was shot and killed during a live broadcast in 2015, her father has made it his mission to remove the footage from the social media platforms where it continues to resurface even after being taken down.

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