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FBI Raids Home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan

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249 points jaboutboul | 7 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.561s | source | bottom
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neilv ◴[13 Nov 24 22:41 UTC] No.42131010[source]▶
> "This is obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election," a Polymarket spokesperson tells Axios.

When I saw that statement, from a company spokesperson, it was striking.

Is it now respectable and advisable for a corporation to make official statements like this?

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1. qgin ◴[14 Nov 24 03:48 UTC] No.42132991[source]▶
It’s a signal to the incoming President to protect them ASAP
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2. bookofjoe ◴[14 Nov 24 14:34 UTC] No.42136459[source]▶
>Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and one of the president-elect’s closest advisors, wrote, “This seems messed up” in response to the news.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/13/fbi-raid-...

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3. cdumler ◴[14 Nov 24 18:07 UTC] No.42139167[source]▶
> It is not clear what the FBI was seeking when numerous agents entered Coplan's apartment at around 6am, or if Coplan and/or Polymarket are the targets of an investigation.

We have no information about why they are there, so you conclude it must be political retribution and they must be protected. THIS is why Trump won. So many people have zero critical thinking skills. When you see something that for which you have no information, you can say "I wonder what is going on." Then, you stop. Things that could be:

* Using collected data to facility spear phishing campaigns. * Running a child pornography/sex trafficking ring. * Participating in dogfighting. * Been a back channel for selling trade secrets. * Had some people killed. * Routing all the information collected to foreign groups, like Russia. * or.. has the other half of messages to someone under investigation whose phone locked.

But, given I have zero evidence to support any of this, let's stick with "let's see what they say."

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4. curt15 ◴[14 Nov 24 19:58 UTC] No.42140504[source]▶
Elon likes to weigh in on all sorts of matters outside his domain, such as UK or Italian politics. He's a classic example of intensity matching. Building rockets and cars doesn't transfer to credibility on non-scientific matters.
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6. PenisBanana ◴[15 Nov 24 04:03 UTC] No.42143865[source]▶
Each of these are _completely_ invented and then dishonestly presented as valid:

- Using collected data to facility spear phishing campaigns. - Running a child pornography/sex trafficking ring. - Participating in dogfighting. - Been a back channel for selling trade secrets. - Had some people killed. - Routing all the information collected to foreign groups, like Russia. - or.. has the other half of messages to someone under investigation whose phone locked.

A real-world example of "zero evidence". Let's stick with "no lying". Also, in late 2024, giving the monstrously corrupt FBI the dishonesty-based benefit-of-the-doubt is beyond naive and comfortably in the realm of dishonest.

It has been days since I have seen such an example of "zero critical thinking skills"

7. mandolingual ◴[17 Nov 24 06:52 UTC] No.42162436[source]▶
He shits out his perspective into every conversation and buys himself a bigger voice, let's not spread his drivel for him.