PARTIAL๐ป TechnologyFormer ByteDance exec reveals Chinese Communist Party had 'God credential' access to all TikTok user data
4.3K votes
Dismissed by โ TikTok / Shou Zi Chew (CEO)
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyAmazon, Apple, and Google all sent private voice recordings to thousands of human contractors for review โ including intimate moments
4.1K votes
Dismissed by โ Amazon
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologySamsung's own privacy policy confirmed Smart TVs record conversations and transmit them to third parties โ unencrypted
3.6K votes
Dismissed by โ Samsung
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyApple planned to scan every iPhone photo for illegal content โ then killed the project after experts warned it was a surveillance backdoor
3.2K votes
Dismissed by โ Apple / Craig Federighi
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyNSA's Boundless Informant tool revealed they collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in one month
3.1K votes
Dismissed by โ NSA Director Keith Alexander
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyGCHQ's Tempora program tapped undersea fiber-optic cables to buffer and search all internet traffic passing through the UK
3.4K votes
Dismissed by โ UK Foreign Secretary William Hague
PARTIAL๐ป TechnologyUS claims Huawei 5G equipment contains backdoors for Chinese espionage โ UK and Netherlands banned it after secret evidence
3.0K votes
Dismissed by โ Huawei
The CIA runs a venture capital fund (In-Q-Tel) that has backed 800+ tech startups including Palantir and Google Earth
3.7K votes
Dismissed by โ Tech Industry Defenders
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyGoogle secretly built AI for Pentagon drone surveillance โ 4,000 employees protested, 12 resigned
3.4K votes
Dismissed by โ Google / Diane Greene (Cloud CEO)
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyCIA-funded Palantir built mass surveillance systems for ICE, police, and military โ tracking immigrants via Medicaid data
3.8K votes
Dismissed by โ Palantir CEO Alex Karp
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyNSA's TAO unit intercepted computer hardware shipments to install surveillance implants before delivery
4.0K votes
Dismissed by โ NSA
PARTIAL๐ป TechnologyEvery Intel CPU since 2008 contains a hidden processor (ME) with full system access โ even when powered off
3.3K votes
Dismissed by โ Intel
Automated license plate readers are building a nationwide database tracking every vehicle's movements โ billions of records
3.2K votes
Dismissed by โ Law Enforcement Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyAmazon shared Ring doorbell footage with police without warrants or user consent โ at least 11 times in 2022 alone
3.9K votes
Dismissed by โ Amazon / Ring
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyApple secretly throttled iPhones to force upgrades โ 'planned obsolescence' confirmed, $500M settlement
4.6K votes
Dismissed by โ Apple
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyRussian intelligence compromised SolarWinds software used by 18,000 organizations including the Pentagon, DHS, and Treasury
3.5K votes
Dismissed by โ SolarWinds (initially)
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyThe US and Israel created Stuxnet, the world's first cyber weapon, to destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges
4.2K votes
Dismissed by โ US Government Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyLenovo pre-installed 'Superfish' spyware on laptops that broke HTTPS encryption and enabled man-in-the-middle attacks
3.4K votes
Dismissed by โ Lenovo (initially)
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyFinFisher spyware was sold to authoritarian regimes to spy on dissidents, activists, and journalists
3.1K votes
Dismissed by โ Gamma International
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyPredator spyware was used to hack phones of EU politicians, journalists, and activists โ maker sentenced to prison
3.7K votes
Dismissed by โ Greek Government / PM Mitsotakis
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyThe US government tried to mandate a backdoor in every phone with the Clipper Chip โ and the NSA key escrow system was cracked
2.8K votes
Dismissed by โ Clinton Administration / NSA
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyClearview AI secretly scraped 30+ billion photos from social media to build a facial recognition database used by police
4.4K votes
Dismissed by โ Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyECHELON: Five Eyes alliance built a global system intercepting virtually all electronic communications
3.6K votes
Dismissed by โ NSA / GCHQ Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyThe NSA planted a backdoor in a global encryption standard and paid RSA $10 million to make it the default
3.9K votes
Dismissed by โ RSA Security
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyNSA secretly tapped the fiber-optic cables between Google and Yahoo data centers, collecting 181 million records in 30 days
4.1K votes
Dismissed by โ NSA Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyFacebook builds 'shadow profiles' on people who never signed up, tracking 40% of all web browsing
3.8K votes
Dismissed by โ Facebook
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyFacebook's founding president admitted social media was designed to exploit 'vulnerability in human psychology'
4.3K votes
Dismissed by โ Facebook / Tech Industry
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyCambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook profiles to manipulate the 2016 election
4.7K votes
Dismissed by โ Facebook / Mark Zuckerberg
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyCIA developed tools to hack smart TVs, phones, and cars โ turning them into surveillance devices
5.0K votes
Dismissed by โ CIA Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyNSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization
4.8K votes
Dismissed by โ NSA Officials
PROVEN RIGHT๐ป TechnologyNSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers
5.2K votes
Dismissed by โ Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingGoldman Sachs has placed its executives in the Treasury, Fed, and regulatory agencies for decades -- then profits from the policies they set
4.0K votes
Dismissed by โ Goldman Sachs Spokesperson
DISPUTED๐ Finance & BankingIraq switched oil sales from dollars to euros in 2000 -- the U.S. invaded in 2003 and immediately switched them back
3.6K votes
Dismissed by โ U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingThe U.S. dollar has lost 96% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913
3.8K votes
Dismissed by โ Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingRobinhood sells your stock orders to Citadel Securities, which profits by trading against retail investors
3.1K votes
Dismissed by โ Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingWall Street creates 'phantom shares' through naked short selling -- selling shares that don't exist to crush stock prices
3.4K votes
Dismissed by โ SEC Spokesperson
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingThe 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall let banks gamble with deposits -- the same banks then needed $700 billion in bailouts
3.5K votes
Dismissed by โ Senator Phil Gramm
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingDark pools allow institutions to trade billions in stocks off-exchange, hiding price discovery from public markets
3.3K votes
Dismissed by โ SEC Commissioner
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingIMF structural adjustment programs bankrupted local industries and gutted social services across 40+ African nations
3.1K votes
Dismissed by โ IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingThe Bank for International Settlements operates as the 'central bank of central banks' -- meeting in secret, accountable to no government
2.8K votes
Dismissed by โ BIS Communications
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingCrypto markets are systematically manipulated by institutional whales running pump-and-dump schemes worth billions
3.0K votes
Dismissed by โ Crypto Exchange Industry Representatives
PROVEN RIGHT๐ Finance & BankingCredit Suisse bankers took $100M+ in kickbacks on loans to Mozambique, triggering a sovereign debt crisis that devastated the nation
3.1K votes
Dismissed by โ Credit Suisse Management
DISPUTED๐ Finance & BankingESG scores function as a corporate social credit system -- companies that don't comply get cut off from capital
3.2K votes
Dismissed by โ BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
INVESTIGATING๐ Finance & BankingCentral Bank Digital Currencies could enable governments to program, track, and freeze citizens' money at will
4.0K votes
Dismissed by โ Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard
PARTIAL๐ Finance & BankingRobert Rubin deregulated banking as Treasury Secretary, then joined Citigroup -- which received $45 billion in bailouts
3.6K votes
Dismissed by โ Robert Rubin
PROVEN RIGHT๐ Finance & BankingEnron traders manipulated California's energy market using schemes called 'Death Star' and 'Get Shorty,' causing rolling blackouts
3.8K votes
Dismissed by โ Enron CEO Kenneth Lay
PROVEN RIGHT๐ Finance & BankingSwiss banks systematically helped dictators, war criminals, and oligarchs hide billions in stolen wealth for decades
3.5K votes
Dismissed by โ Swiss Bankers Association
PROVEN RIGHT๐ Finance & BankingDeutsche Bank processed millions in suspicious transactions for Jeffrey Epstein including payments to alleged co-conspirators
4.1K votes
Dismissed by โ Deutsche Bank Spokesperson

