Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson arrested and charged with fraud by ChrisMarshallNY

CNN — Carlos Watson, the founder and chief executive of the embattled Ozy Media, was arrested and charged with fraud this week, according to federal court records. Watson was accused in a federal indictment of having “engaged in a scheme to defraud OZY’s investors, potential investors, potential acquirers, lenders and potential lenders.” The charges said

ByHackTechFebruary 23, 20230Comments

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Media companies file motion to unseal personal information of FTX customers by ironyman

Case 22-11068-JTD Doc 196 Filed 12/09/22 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re: ) Chapter 11 ) Case No. 22-11068 (JTD) FTX TRADING LTD., et al., ) (Joint Administration Pending) ) Debtors. ) Hearing: Dec. 16, 2022, 10:00 a.m. EXPEDITED MOTION OF BLOOMBERG L.P., DOW…

ByHackTechDecember 10, 20220Comments

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How Dems, media and Big Tech worked in concert to bury the Hunter Biden story by TrispusAttucks

Everlasting, undying, soul-rending shame be upon you, Facebook and Twitter and Politico and all the others who covered up, denied and suppressed this newspaper’s true and accurate reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020. You should be hurling yourselves at the feet of the American people, begging forgiveness. You should be renting billboards saying, “WE…

ByHackTechMarch 18, 20220Comments

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The 1980s Media Panic over Dungeons and Dragons by jedwhite

The 1980s were the best of times and the worst of times for Dungeons & Dragons (Eric Grundhauser) These days your life isn’t complete if you aren’t part of a role-playing gaming group, but it wasn’t that long ago that playing Dungeons & Dragons was seen as a surefire ticket to madness and damnation. During the…

ByHackTechMarch 11, 20220Comments

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Social media is training teenage boys and young men to become incels by mudro_zboris

I got out of a relationship a few weeks ago. Ever since, I’ve had a massive influx of just pure incel content directed at me, mostly from Instagram. I’ve been on the internet forever and have been aware of incels and their nonsense for years now, so thankfully I’m able to see right through it.…

ByHackTechMarch 4, 20220Comments

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Ask HN: Any other social media platform you think will lose users like Facebook? by Cr0s

I'm honestly not sure if facebook is a sort of unique case here.Did they just make some mistake/mistakes that led to this, or is it more of a natural decline, with users going to other platforms or quiting social media platforms altogether?Do you think other social media platforms will experience this decline as well soon…

ByHackTechFebruary 3, 20220Comments

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Social Media: What/Who Is the Problem? by behrouzix

Hi friends 👋We’re finally here. This is one of the bigger pieces of that change I’ve been talking about for a while. Meet Intersection.So, I’ve been sending you emails [almost] every Sunday for more than three years, and during this time, things have changed. Hell, I have changed, and so did my newsletter.During the past…

ByHackTechJanuary 25, 20220Comments

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