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		elliekelly on May 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B I wonder what Apollo's due diligence team found on Yahoo Answers that necessitated shutting it down in order to announce the deal.

evanelias on May 3, 2021 [–]

I doubt it was anything specific. The simple combination of "user-generated content platform" and "hadn't received any staffing support for many years" means it's a huge potential liability for abuse claims, copyright infringement, etc.

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