Former ByteDance exec reveals Chinese Communist Party had 'God credential' access to all TikTok user data โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@BuzzFeed News / TikTok Investigatorsยท22h ago

Former ByteDance exec reveals Chinese Communist Party had 'God credential' access to all TikTok user data

98% PARTIAL

4.3K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” TikTok / Shou Zi Chew (CEO)

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Amazon, Apple, and Google all sent private voice recordings to thousands of human contractors for review โ€” including intimate moments โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Bloomberg / Alexa Investigation Teamยท22h ago

Amazon, Apple, and Google all sent private voice recordings to thousands of human contractors for review โ€” including intimate moments

98% CONFIRMED

4.1K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Amazon

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Samsung's own privacy policy confirmed Smart TVs record conversations and transmit them to third parties โ€” unencrypted โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Samsung Smart TV Privacy Advocatesยท22h ago

Samsung's own privacy policy confirmed Smart TVs record conversations and transmit them to third parties โ€” unencrypted

97% CONFIRMED

3.6K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Samsung

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Apple planned to scan every iPhone photo for illegal content โ€” then killed the project after experts warned it was a surveillance backdoor โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundationยท22h ago

Apple planned to scan every iPhone photo for illegal content โ€” then killed the project after experts warned it was a surveillance backdoor

97% CONFIRMED

3.2K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Apple / Craig Federighi

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NSA's Boundless Informant tool revealed they collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in one month โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Edward Snowdenยท22h ago

NSA's Boundless Informant tool revealed they collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in one month

97% CONFIRMED

3.1K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” NSA Director Keith Alexander

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GCHQ's Tempora program tapped undersea fiber-optic cables to buffer and search all internet traffic passing through the UK โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Edward Snowdenยท22h ago

GCHQ's Tempora program tapped undersea fiber-optic cables to buffer and search all internet traffic passing through the UK

97% CONFIRMED

3.4K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” UK Foreign Secretary William Hague

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US claims Huawei 5G equipment contains backdoors for Chinese espionage โ€” UK and Netherlands banned it after secret evidence โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundationยท22h ago

US claims Huawei 5G equipment contains backdoors for Chinese espionage โ€” UK and Netherlands banned it after secret evidence

97% PARTIAL

3.0K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Huawei

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The CIA runs a venture capital fund (In-Q-Tel) that has backed 800+ tech startups including Palantir and Google Earth โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundationยท22h ago

The CIA runs a venture capital fund (In-Q-Tel) that has backed 800+ tech startups including Palantir and Google Earth

97% CONFIRMED

3.7K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Tech Industry Defenders

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Google secretly built AI for Pentagon drone surveillance โ€” 4,000 employees protested, 12 resigned โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Google Project Maven Employeesยท22h ago

Google secretly built AI for Pentagon drone surveillance โ€” 4,000 employees protested, 12 resigned

97% CONFIRMED

3.4K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Google / Diane Greene (Cloud CEO)

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CIA-funded Palantir built mass surveillance systems for ICE, police, and military โ€” tracking immigrants via Medicaid data โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Palantir Critics / Civil Liberties Groupsยท22h ago

CIA-funded Palantir built mass surveillance systems for ICE, police, and military โ€” tracking immigrants via Medicaid data

97% CONFIRMED

3.8K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Palantir CEO Alex Karp

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NSA's TAO unit intercepted computer hardware shipments to install surveillance implants before delivery โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Der Spiegel / NSA TAO Reportersยท22h ago

NSA's TAO unit intercepted computer hardware shipments to install surveillance implants before delivery

98% CONFIRMED

4.0K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” NSA

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Every Intel CPU since 2008 contains a hidden processor (ME) with full system access โ€” even when powered off โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Intel ME Security Researchersยท22h ago

Every Intel CPU since 2008 contains a hidden processor (ME) with full system access โ€” even when powered off

97% PARTIAL

3.3K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Intel

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Automated license plate readers are building a nationwide database tracking every vehicle's movements โ€” billions of records โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@ACLU / ALPR Criticsยท22h ago

Automated license plate readers are building a nationwide database tracking every vehicle's movements โ€” billions of records

97% CONFIRMED

3.2K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Law Enforcement Officials

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Amazon shared Ring doorbell footage with police without warrants or user consent โ€” at least 11 times in 2022 alone โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Ring Doorbell / EFF Criticsยท22h ago

Amazon shared Ring doorbell footage with police without warrants or user consent โ€” at least 11 times in 2022 alone

98% CONFIRMED

3.9K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Amazon / Ring

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Apple secretly throttled iPhones to force upgrades โ€” 'planned obsolescence' confirmed, $500M settlement โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Apple Batterygate Plaintiffsยท22h ago

Apple secretly throttled iPhones to force upgrades โ€” 'planned obsolescence' confirmed, $500M settlement

98% CONFIRMED

4.6K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท4 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Apple

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Russian intelligence compromised SolarWinds software used by 18,000 organizations including the Pentagon, DHS, and Treasury โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@FireEye / SolarWinds Investigatorsยท22h ago

Russian intelligence compromised SolarWinds software used by 18,000 organizations including the Pentagon, DHS, and Treasury

97% CONFIRMED

3.5K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” SolarWinds (initially)

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The US and Israel created Stuxnet, the world's first cyber weapon, to destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Kaspersky Lab / Stuxnet Researchersยท22h ago

The US and Israel created Stuxnet, the world's first cyber weapon, to destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges

98% CONFIRMED

4.2K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” US Government Officials

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Lenovo pre-installed 'Superfish' spyware on laptops that broke HTTPS encryption and enabled man-in-the-middle attacks โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@DHS / Lenovo Superfish Investigatorsยท22h ago

Lenovo pre-installed 'Superfish' spyware on laptops that broke HTTPS encryption and enabled man-in-the-middle attacks

97% CONFIRMED

3.4K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Lenovo (initially)

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FinFisher spyware was sold to authoritarian regimes to spy on dissidents, activists, and journalists โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@FinFisher / Citizen Lab Investigatorsยท22h ago

FinFisher spyware was sold to authoritarian regimes to spy on dissidents, activists, and journalists

97% CONFIRMED

3.1K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Gamma International

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Predator spyware was used to hack phones of EU politicians, journalists, and activists โ€” maker sentenced to prison โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Amnesty International / Predator Investigatorsยท22h ago

Predator spyware was used to hack phones of EU politicians, journalists, and activists โ€” maker sentenced to prison

97% CONFIRMED

3.7K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Greek Government / PM Mitsotakis

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The US government tried to mandate a backdoor in every phone with the Clipper Chip โ€” and the NSA key escrow system was cracked โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Matt Blaze / Cryptographersยท22h ago

The US government tried to mandate a backdoor in every phone with the Clipper Chip โ€” and the NSA key escrow system was cracked

97% CONFIRMED

2.8K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Clinton Administration / NSA

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Clearview AI secretly scraped 30+ billion photos from social media to build a facial recognition database used by police โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Hoan Ton-That / Clearview AI Criticsยท22h ago

Clearview AI secretly scraped 30+ billion photos from social media to build a facial recognition database used by police

98% CONFIRMED

4.4K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That

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ECHELON: Five Eyes alliance built a global system intercepting virtually all electronic communications โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@European Parliament ECHELON Committeeยท22h ago

ECHELON: Five Eyes alliance built a global system intercepting virtually all electronic communications

97% CONFIRMED

3.6K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” NSA / GCHQ Officials

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The NSA planted a backdoor in a global encryption standard and paid RSA $10 million to make it the default โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Matt Blaze / Cryptographersยท22h ago

The NSA planted a backdoor in a global encryption standard and paid RSA $10 million to make it the default

98% CONFIRMED

3.9K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” RSA Security

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NSA secretly tapped the fiber-optic cables between Google and Yahoo data centers, collecting 181 million records in 30 days โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Edward Snowdenยท22h ago

NSA secretly tapped the fiber-optic cables between Google and Yahoo data centers, collecting 181 million records in 30 days

98% CONFIRMED

4.1K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” NSA Officials

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Facebook builds 'shadow profiles' on people who never signed up, tracking 40% of all web browsing โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@EFF / Electronic Frontier Foundationยท22h ago

Facebook builds 'shadow profiles' on people who never signed up, tracking 40% of all web browsing

97% CONFIRMED

3.8K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Facebook

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Facebook's founding president admitted social media was designed to exploit 'vulnerability in human psychology' โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Sean Parkerยท22h ago

Facebook's founding president admitted social media was designed to exploit 'vulnerability in human psychology'

98% CONFIRMED

4.3K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Facebook / Tech Industry

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Cambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook profiles to manipulate the 2016 election โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Christopher Wylie (Cambridge Analytica)ยท22h ago

Cambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook profiles to manipulate the 2016 election

98% CONFIRMED

4.7K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Facebook / Mark Zuckerberg

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CIA developed tools to hack smart TVs, phones, and cars โ€” turning them into surveillance devices โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Joshua Schulte / WikiLeaks (Vault 7)ยท22h ago

CIA developed tools to hack smart TVs, phones, and cars โ€” turning them into surveillance devices

98% CONFIRMED

5.0K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” CIA Officials

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NSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Edward Snowdenยท22h ago

NSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization

98% CONFIRMED

4.8K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” NSA Officials

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NSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ’ป Technology
@Edward Snowdenยท22h ago

NSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers

98% CONFIRMED

5.2K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

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Goldman Sachs has placed its executives in the Treasury, Fed, and regulatory agencies for decades -- then profits from the policies they set โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stoneยท22h ago

Goldman Sachs has placed its executives in the Treasury, Fed, and regulatory agencies for decades -- then profits from the policies they set

98% PARTIAL

4.0K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Goldman Sachs Spokesperson

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Iraq switched oil sales from dollars to euros in 2000 -- the U.S. invaded in 2003 and immediately switched them back โ€” documented evidenceDISPUTED๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Ron Paulยท22h ago

Iraq switched oil sales from dollars to euros in 2000 -- the U.S. invaded in 2003 and immediately switched them back

97% DISPUTED

3.6K votes

๐ŸŸกDISPUTEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell

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The U.S. dollar has lost 96% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913 โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Ron Paulยท22h ago

The U.S. dollar has lost 96% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913

97% PARTIAL

3.8K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke

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Robinhood sells your stock orders to Citadel Securities, which profits by trading against retail investors โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Reddit r/WallStreetBets Communityยท22h ago

Robinhood sells your stock orders to Citadel Securities, which profits by trading against retail investors

97% PARTIAL

3.1K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev

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Wall Street creates 'phantom shares' through naked short selling -- selling shares that don't exist to crush stock prices โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stoneยท22h ago

Wall Street creates 'phantom shares' through naked short selling -- selling shares that don't exist to crush stock prices

97% PARTIAL

3.4K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” SEC Spokesperson

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The 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall let banks gamble with deposits -- the same banks then needed $700 billion in bailouts โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stoneยท22h ago

The 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall let banks gamble with deposits -- the same banks then needed $700 billion in bailouts

97% PARTIAL

3.5K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Senator Phil Gramm

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Dark pools allow institutions to trade billions in stocks off-exchange, hiding price discovery from public markets โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Reddit r/WallStreetBets Communityยท22h ago

Dark pools allow institutions to trade billions in stocks off-exchange, hiding price discovery from public markets

97% PARTIAL

3.3K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” SEC Commissioner

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IMF structural adjustment programs bankrupted local industries and gutted social services across 40+ African nations โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@ICIJ Investigatorsยท22h ago

IMF structural adjustment programs bankrupted local industries and gutted social services across 40+ African nations

97% PARTIAL

3.1K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus

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The Bank for International Settlements operates as the 'central bank of central banks' -- meeting in secret, accountable to no government โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@G. Edward Griffinยท22h ago

The Bank for International Settlements operates as the 'central bank of central banks' -- meeting in secret, accountable to no government

97% PARTIAL

2.8K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” BIS Communications

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Crypto markets are systematically manipulated by institutional whales running pump-and-dump schemes worth billions โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@ICIJ Investigatorsยท22h ago

Crypto markets are systematically manipulated by institutional whales running pump-and-dump schemes worth billions

97% PARTIAL

3.0K votes

โšชPARTIALยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Crypto Exchange Industry Representatives

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Credit Suisse bankers took $100M+ in kickbacks on loans to Mozambique, triggering a sovereign debt crisis that devastated the nation โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Credit Suisse Whistleblowersยท22h ago

Credit Suisse bankers took $100M+ in kickbacks on loans to Mozambique, triggering a sovereign debt crisis that devastated the nation

97% CONFIRMED

3.1K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Credit Suisse Management

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ESG scores function as a corporate social credit system -- companies that don't comply get cut off from capital โ€” documented evidenceDISPUTED๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Ron Paulยท22h ago

ESG scores function as a corporate social credit system -- companies that don't comply get cut off from capital

97% DISPUTED

3.2K votes

๐ŸŸกDISPUTEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

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Central Bank Digital Currencies could enable governments to program, track, and freeze citizens' money at will โ€” documented evidenceINVESTIGATING๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Ron Paulยท22h ago

Central Bank Digital Currencies could enable governments to program, track, and freeze citizens' money at will

98% INVESTIGATING

4.0K votes

โšชINVESTIGATINGยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard

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Robert Rubin deregulated banking as Treasury Secretary, then joined Citigroup -- which received $45 billion in bailouts โ€” documented evidencePARTIAL๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stoneยท22h ago

Robert Rubin deregulated banking as Treasury Secretary, then joined Citigroup -- which received $45 billion in bailouts

97% PARTIAL

3.6K votes

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Dismissed by โ€” Robert Rubin

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Enron traders manipulated California's energy market using schemes called 'Death Star' and 'Get Shorty,' causing rolling blackouts โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Enron Whistleblowers / Sherron Watkinsยท22h ago

Enron traders manipulated California's energy market using schemes called 'Death Star' and 'Get Shorty,' causing rolling blackouts

97% CONFIRMED

3.8K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Enron CEO Kenneth Lay

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Swiss banks systematically helped dictators, war criminals, and oligarchs hide billions in stolen wealth for decades โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@ICIJ Investigatorsยท22h ago

Swiss banks systematically helped dictators, war criminals, and oligarchs hide billions in stolen wealth for decades

97% CONFIRMED

3.5K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Swiss Bankers Association

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Deutsche Bank processed millions in suspicious transactions for Jeffrey Epstein including payments to alleged co-conspirators โ€” documented evidencePROVEN RIGHT๐Ÿ“Œ Finance & Banking
@Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigationsยท22h ago

Deutsche Bank processed millions in suspicious transactions for Jeffrey Epstein including payments to alleged co-conspirators

98% CONFIRMED

4.1K votes

๐ŸŸขCONFIRMEDยท2 sources

Dismissed by โ€” Deutsche Bank Spokesperson

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