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7 Aug 20, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Trying something new for the new episode of The Missing Cryptoqueen. For fans of the series who want to know more (or see more) here are a few photos & links about the key characters in episode 9. 1/7
We often excerpt from Ruja’s June 2016 London Arena event. (Including at the start of episode 1). Here she claimed OneCoin was ‘the bitcoin killer’ and announced a ‘new blockchain’.

Her speech in full: 2/7 ImageImage
Her younger brother Konstantin Ignatov - vegan, tee-totaller, MMA expert, tattoo addict - took over OneCoin in mid-2018. This is his last Facebook post before being arrested by the FBI at Los Angeles International Airport in March 2019. Plus mugshot. 3/7 ImageImage
American lawyer Mark Scott at NYSD Court. In November 2019 he was convicted of laundering $400m USD of Ruja’s stolen OneCoin money through something called the Fenero Funds. 4/7 news.bitcoin.com/prosecutors-fi… Image
There was much more stunning material in the court case. For example Konstantin claims to have been kidnapped at gunpoint & threatened by a branch of the Hell’s Angels. Nice summary from the website BehindMLM:
behindmlm.com/companies/onec… 5/7
Gilbert Armenta, another one of Ruja’s money men, was having an affair with Ruja. But he started working for the FBI to catch her. Here he is with Ruja and OneCoin top boss Sebastian Greenwood in Macau in 2016. 6/7 ImageImage
Frank Schneider. Former top spy from Luxembourg whose private intelligence firm started working for OneCoin in mid 2015. Frank’s firm Sandstone hired the UK PR firm Chelgate to work for OneCoin. 7/7 Image
You can listen to the new episode of #cryptoqueen here:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

And catch eps1 - 8 too. Stay tuned for more. We’ll be back again soon. /end

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16 Feb
A short thread on the relationship between social media, hypocrisy and political extremism. It’s been bugging me for years. 1/9
Everyone is a a hypocrite at some level, since it’s impossible to act the same in private and public. However, digital technology has (re)created the widespread belief that hypocrisy is now a defining feature of people in power. 2/9
Why? Because everyone shares everything they do & it’s all saved. It can be dragged out to reveal the gulf between your acts & words. A secret recording or a statement from 10 years ago - which you’ve forgotten or outgrown - can be re-posted and used as proof of bad faith 3/9
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5 Jul 20
Ever feel like politics is one giant reality TV show?

Let me tell you about one of the most bizarre & fascinating interviews I've ever done - which airs today on BBC Radio 4 at 2.45pm. (Final episode of mine & @gemmanewby's series 'Watching Us'). 1/6
It's with Bill Pruitt - a producer on early seasons of The American Apprentice, which starred Donald Trump 2004 - 2015.

Reality TV 'made' Trump. I don't mean 'made him famous'. I mean the producers, including Bill Pruitt, created the Donald Trump you now know. 2/6
Trump wasn't a particularly successful or engaging businessman when they found him. But the TV format required that - so Pruitt & colleagues had to edit a 'version' of Trump into existence: making him look more shrewd & more impressive than he really was. Listen here: 3/6
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15 May 19
I can’t believe what I’m seeing! While running a facial recognition pilot, one man (understandably imho) covered himself up. The police forced him to show his face (& then fined him for disorderly conduct). This is dangerous & terrifying.
If this is rolled out, there will be hundreds - probably thousands - who will do exactly what this man has done: principled refusal to comply. What will the police do then?
And if you think this technology will be ‘objective’ or ‘neutral’ then I suggest you watch this:
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18 Feb 19
Far too much in today's @CommonsCMS report on disinformation to discuss here. But a couple of quick thoughts that might be helpful. (Full report is here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…). /thread.
It does not, as some seem to think, say that social media platforms should be defined as 'publishers'. Rather they are somewhere in between a platform & publisher & we need a new definition & rules for them. I agree with that. We can't always rely on old categories.
Looks like they're pushing something like the German NetzDG law, which basically introduces harsh penalties if illegal / harmful content isn't removed quickly. I expect the forthcoming White Paper ('early 2019', whatever that means) on online harms to propose something like this.
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4 Feb 19
Question: who is it on here whose view / opinion you respect so highly that, if in conflict with your own, you revisit your position?
I'm getting ratioed here
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31 Jan 19
Today the Science & Technology Select Committee published its report about regulating social media. Here it is: parliament.uk/business/commi… Couple of thoughts. #Thread
It’s not bad. It says that platforms should have a ‘duty of care’, for kids using their services - such as default high privacy & filtering certain harmful content. Also wants Ofcom to be regulate that duty, so it can check if they’re up to scratch & fine if not. Reasonable, imho
Other positives: mandatory PHSE classes, more data for researchers, tech companies should invest in AI responses to ‘deep fakes’ (first time a Select Committee has brought this up perhaps?). I can get behind all this. (Check this deep fake: )
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