Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers
Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the anti...
Coinbase says it is working with the US SEC to close an investigation into whether it misstated its numbers by noting 100M+ “verified users” in its 2021 IPO doc
After he took office, the SEC dropped a lawsuit accusing Coinbase of illegally marketing crypto to the public. — But the SEC is still investigating whether Coinbase misstated its user numbers, accor...
In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds
The Bahamas won't like that. https://twitter.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: SBF “selected CC-1” to give a straw donation of “at least $1M to a super PAC” that was “affiliated with pro-LGB...
A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators
only to put them, their employees and the local economy in jeopardy once FTX collapsed. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : RYAN SALAME's girlfriend, @michellebond111, ran a cry...
In his NYT interview, SBF gave few straight answers while admitting to gross errors, denying claims of fraud, and claiming he “didn't knowingly commingle funds”
You hold customers' funds and don't do ANYTHING with them except hold them. When your customers ask for them back you give it to them - immediately. https://twitter.com/... @cmsintern : Intern notes f...
Microsoft president Brad Smith defended the company's political contributions in a meeting with employees after some questioned donations from its PAC
and has never had — a PAC. @BradSmi https://twitter.com/... Steve Schmidt / @steveschmidtses : .@ProjectLincoln @Microsoft has sent a crystal clear message about the importance of democracy. I'm confi...
A look at Democratic VP candidate Kamala Harris' deep ties to Big Tech, fostered during years in California, as critics say she did little to curb their power
Silicon Valley has enthusiastically backed Ms. Harris since she first ran for state attorney general in California a decade ago. Tweets: @kenvogel , @kenvogel , and @daiwaka Tweets: Kenneth P. Vogel /...
GoFundMe is an increasingly popular way to raise money to cover medical expenses, where storytelling and personal connections often play a crucial role
Nathan Heller / New Yorker : Tweets: @kenvogel , @nathanheller , @repdebdingell , @newyorker , @newyorker , @jessicagolds , @lizszabo , @devonrgoss , @newyorker , and @jeremycsnyder Tweets: Kenneth P...
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure
and that it might be toxic Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Quartz's new app is banking on big names like Richard Branson to help create a 'constructive … Recode : Recode Daily: Facebook battles re...
Investigation finds Russia-linked Fancy Bear hacking group targeted 200+ journalists, publishers, and bloggers from mid-2014 until a few months ago
right from local bloggers up to NYTimes, WaPo, Daily Beast, etc https://apnews.com/... pic.twitter.com/sy0Z8kksqz The Hindu / @the_hindu : The list includes roughly 50 foreign correspondents, televis...