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☆ Twitter impersonators ran amok. But has Musk really learned anything?
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Kara Alaimo | Ph.D. | Is An Associate Professor At The Lawrence Herbert School Of Communication At Hofstra University | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
The only problem was the company wasn’t accurately verifying the people behind the accounts or ensuring that verified accounts hadn’t changed their names. Many people appeared to be creating obviously fake accounts to make fun of Musk and make a point about why Twitter Blue’s new system wouldn’t work. With Musk at the helm of the social media platform, it’s certainly possible for the subscription-based Twitter Blue to come back just as flawed. Given Musk’s flip-flopping nature so far, it’s safe to assume that the dangers that can come from verified spoof accounts on Twitter are still present. Not only have many verified accounts impersonated other people, but disinformation may be worsening.
☆ Meta let go of 11,000 employees, and it's not clear which divisions and roles were most affected
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Go inside big banks like Goldman Sachs and other power players in finance with our daily newsletter 10 Things on Wall Street. Find out what's going on in the markets and crypto with our weekday newsletter 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Shock and anger at MetaDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesMeta let go of 11,000 employees this week, the first mass layoff in the company's 18-year history. And it's not clear which divisions and roles were most affected — even to thousands of shell-shocked employees who remain at Facebook's parent company. For more on the Meta layoffs:How a crypto kingpin went downSam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX.
☆ Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody. Billionaire Mark Cuban also told Musk he spent "too much time" muting newly verified accounts. The new system has also created a Wild West of scamming and parody, with users impersonating public figures from George W. Bush to OJ Simpson, as well as LeBron James and Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. A Wild West TwitterA screengrab of a verified Twitter page impersonating the social media platform's account. TwitterMore "verified" accounts impersonating high-profile individuals continue to emerge.
☆ A man with a brain injury was scammed out of all of his money. He and his mother are calling on social-media companies to protect disabled people from con artists.
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Westwood, who has a disability due to a brain injury, told Insider how the scam changed his life. In late July, Westwood's mother, Mary-Ellen Field, received a text message from one of Westwood's caregivers, she told Insider. Justin Westwood"Then he started asking me for money again, which usually means he's in trouble," she told Insider. It wasn't until he started asking for money for his gas bill and constantly coming over for dinner that his mom understood how little money Westwood had. Westwood told Insider that he got a message on Facebook from someone calling himself "Agent Tyson," who said he had money from the government for Westwood.
☆ Jamaica bans broadcasts deemed to glorify drugs or crime
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons. “Art imitates life, and the music is coming from what is happening in Jamaica for real,” said Stephen McGregor, a Jamaican Grammy Award-winning music producer and singer. The broadcasting commission declined to respond to AP’s request for comment on criticisms, and did not immediately detail the consequences of a violation. Other Jamaican artists such as Rvssian, NotNice, and Romeich have all come out on social media slamming the directive. Rather, McGregor said, it’s a way to scapegoat artists for larger state failures to address endemic problems and discontent.
☆ Fake billionaire fugitive Justin Costello had gold bars, $60K in cash, Mexican pesos and phony ID when FBI nabbed him
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
An FBI SWAT team caught the fugitive, Justin Costello, in a remote area near San Diego on Oct. 4. He was carrying a backpack loaded with six one-ounce gold bars worth $12,000, U.S. currency worth $60,000, another $10,000 in Mexican pesos and banking cards and checkbooks, prosecutors said in a court filing. Cash and gold bars as detailed in court filing in US District court in San Diego in case of former fugitive Justin Costello. Instead, he "became a fugitive," prosecutors wrote. When agents arrested him, Costello "stated he was surprised agents had found him because he turned his phone off."
☆ Anna Sorokin: Real-life 'Inventing Anna' released from jail
  + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Anna Sorokin, the fake heiress Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” is based on, was released from ICE detention on Friday. The judge’s ruling also said ICE may use an ankle monitor to keep tabs on Sorokin. A spokesman for ICE said Sorokin was being released Friday after the judge’s ruling. Sorokin was released from jail in February 2021 after serving nearly four years on theft and larceny charges. Earlier this year an attorney representing Sorokin told NBC News that he feared her deportation when he couldn’t reach her, but word later emerged that she was still in ICE custody.
☆ Facebook scammers recruited into the shadowy job after being trafficked say they were punished with push-ups or tased for failing
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Indonesian workers were recruited for jobs in Cambodia involving scamming "clients" on Facebook, a new investigation reveals. One trafficking victim told VOD English that workers who didn't reach quotas had to do push-ups. One of the trafficking victims told VOD English that she was referred to a job recruiter on Facebook through her former boss. Sky told VOD English that workers who didn't reach their quota for "clients" had to do 50 push-ups for each client they were missing. "I was so stupid to believe him, because I have no choice," she told VOD English.
☆ Old money: How retirees are funding and fueling political candidates unlike ever before
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
In the 2020 election cycle, retirees gave hundreds of millions of dollars to federal candidates. Crystal Snow, a 60-year-old retired business owner, also donated hundreds of times to Republican groups ahead of the 2020 election, according to federal records. Snow told Insider she donated according to her Christian values and did so exclusively online, including to the likes of Sens. By the 2020 election cycle, retirees accounted for more than $1 in every $5, amounting to more than $378 million. Retirees are responsible for a greater and greater share of large political contributions, federal campaign finance data indicates.
☆ Scamming the boss: Some employees are outsourcing their jobs to other people. Here's how companies are spotting the fraudsters.
  + stars: | 2022-08-03 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
As remote work provides opportunities for fraud, some employees are outsourcing their jobs. Experts say this fraud can pose severe risks for companies, especially when the work involves confidential company and customer data. The problem for companies is when employees outsource their jobs without their organization's awareness, and pay out of their own pockets. Employers are generally powerless to do anything about these second jobs as long as they don't affect their employees' work and don't involve work for a competitor. "Every employer I talk to considers 'remote' as a location — not a work arrangement," he said, meaning remote workers must abide by the company's rules.
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