A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam
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A Moral Video Game Industry Requires Regulation
Epic Games allegedly exposed children to predators and ripped off its customers.
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The Easiest Criminal Indictment Ever
The rapid arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried offers a small bit of hope that we’ve turned the page on an era of no accountability.
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Big Tech’s Old Friend Helms Key Biden Administration Role
Louisa Terrell, before becoming Biden’s director of legislative affairs, spent two years at Facebook at a key time.
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Sen. Gillibrand Hires Former Crypto Lawyer
Dorothy DeWitt, who was general counsel at Coinbase, is the New York senator’s new chief counsel for finance.
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Commerce Secretary Raimondo Meets With One Corporate Executive per Day
Calendar logs from the first seven months of her tenure at Commerce show 230 different meetings with CEOs, top executives, or trade groups.
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Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry Into FTX
The ‘Blockchain Eight’ wrote a bipartisan letter in March attempting to chill the SEC’s information requests to crypto firms. FTX was one of those firms.
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The Contradictions of Effective Altruism
The meltdown of FTX and its fraudster boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, reveals the potential for reckless risk-taking at the heart of an influential philanthropic movement.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Debacle Shows the Problem With Billionaires
One person should not control nation-sized pots of resources.
