A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia
and, I think, an indication of how the new Moscow-DC axis will tilt. — www.wired.com/story/russia... @wired.com : His life? A rags-to-riches fairy tale. A lavish wedding, a beautiful wife, five ki...
Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake
www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243... [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...
In a now-deleted tweet replying to Hillary Clinton, Elon Musk shared a lurid, baseless conspiracy theory about the hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul
Billionaire peddled the conspiracy theory on Twitter just days after he completed his takeover of the social media platform
Elon Musk shared a lurid, baseless conspiracy theory on Twitter about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi, in response to a Hillary Clinton tweet
Billionaire peddled the conspiracy theory on Twitter just days after he completed his takeover of the social media platform
A US hacker says he built a network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups in 2015 to push bogus stories after a company hired him to “stop Hillary Clinton”
He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind … Tweets: @ax_sharma , @robviglione , @fark , @dangillmor , @hexadecim8 , @czedwa...
US intelligence director says Iran was behind threatening emails to FL Democratic voters demanding they vote for Trump; voter info was likely publicly available
prompting investigations in both states. Cybersecurity experts say the origin is unclear and may be the product of a foreign disinformation effort. https://www.npr.org/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebl...
Facebook's decision to disable the #SaveTheChildren hashtag appears to have energized and amplified the QAnon movement, spurring on public, offline rallies
NBC News : Tweets: @oneunderscore__ , @benfranklin2018 , @gregafish , @juliacarriew , @oneunderscore__ , and @mmasnick Tweets: Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : New from @BrandyZadrozny + me: Secretly...
A deep look at the rift between some prominent SV figures and the journalists increasingly critical of the tech industry, based on Slate Star Codex vs. The NYT
Long, angry LRB essay by Pankaj Mishra. Tweets: Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis : Had a fun chat just now with Lewis-Kraus on positive sum ways to build a new relationship between tech & media. He rec...
A deep look at the rift between some prominent Silicon Valley figures and increasingly critical media, based on the case of Slate Star Codex vs. The NYT
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times. Tweets: @jonbernhardt , @juliacarriew , @can , @newyorker , @karaswisher , @can , @halophoe...
PizzaGate is making a comeback fueled by QAnon in Facebook groups and teens on TikTok and focusing on “global elites” like Justin Bieber, Bill Gates, and Oprah
The false theory targeting Democrats, now fueled by QAnon and teenagers on TikTok, is entangling new targets like Justin Bieber. Tweets: @jessienyc , @inevitable_et , @burekch , @joenbc , @russbengtso...