Patriot Front fraud and fakery
two examples of inauthentic accounts used by Patriot FrontPolitical extremist groups use inauthentic social media accounts in a variety of ways, and white supremacist organization Patriot Front is no exception.…
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Diary of a frosty fraud
there’s no evidence any of these posts from @MaryyFrost are accurate, but they sure got a lot of engagementMeet @MaryyFrost, a pro-Trump X account whose wildly inaccurate posts have gone…
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for $8 billion fraud at FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. His own hands orchestrated his downfall, stealing an astounding $8 billion from customers of…
Jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of billion-dollar fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried, the ex-CEO of FTX and Alameda Research, was found guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering. This verdict came after a five-week trial that had…
Jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of billion-dollar fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried, the ex-CEO of FTX and Alameda Research, was found guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering. This verdict came after a five-week trial that had…
Bing Chat Will Help With Fraud If You Tug Its Heartstrings About Your Dead Grandma
Special Love Code Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Bing Chat is usually weary of being used to solve CAPTCHAs, the little puzzles that are designed to ensure you’re a human and not —…
Pluralistic: The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline (29 Sept 2023)
Today’s links The surveillance advertising to financial fraud pipeline: Finding suckers is the one thing ad-targeting is good at. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history:…
Pluralistic: Intuit: "Our fraud fights racism" (27 Sept 2023)
Today’s links Intuit: “Our fraud fights racism”: Apparently, ripping off Black people with the Freefile scam is a form of reparations. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day…
Tale of a viral fraud
none of this is true, but that didn’t stop it from going viralIn January 2020, an allegedly US-based liberal Twitter account named @Baligubadle1 appeared and quickly gained popularity among anti-Trump…
AI Is Turning Fraud Up To 11
My latest for KnowTechie covers the rise of AI powered fraud. I also touched on some of this issues in a recent essay about how AI is empowering greed and…