Jason Kint

Going off grid. I’ll be back soon - unless by some miracle - AI firms start rightly paying for what they scrape, Google/Apple stop abusing market power, Meta quits wrecking society for profit, and a free and plural press isn’t under siege. If so, my work here is done, I’ll gladly stay on vacation.

YouTube video by Ryan Goodman DOJ Has Epstein Files, Grand Jury Likely Didn't

I discussed why the Justice Department has the Epstein files that the public really wants, and why the grand jury transcripts most likely don't contain anything close to that information.

But listen to Barry Levine, author of The Spider, explain and expose what's going on here.

Good report. Glad they included this statement from me including in kicker. It really is important imho. Especially as lawmakers and public examine trustworthiness of leadership, including board at time, Thiel and Andreessen, and the company now and going forward. 4/4 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Credit to Reuters, Delaware Online who I saw actually showed up to cover. It’s likely why Facebook, Zuckerberg and its board, let this one get so close. But the grid. But today things were likely to get very very hot. 3/4

Counter to Facebook lawyers framing yesterday, the DC AG suit isn’t dead (awaiting DC Circuit from 1/30 hearing), and NdCal shareholder suit also still alive. This is the closest to
Courtroom testimony after about $8B+ in settlements. 2/4

So yes, Facebook just settled immediately before board members Andreessen, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Desmond-Hellman, and Sheryl Sandberg were set to testify as to who knew what and when…depriving public of any accountability and facts in courtroom from board and officer comms. 1/4

Facebook just settled what I called the mother of all lawsuits immediately before board members Andreessen, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Desmond-Hellman, and Sheryl Sandberg were set to testify as to who knew what and when…depriving public of facts in courtroom from board and officer communications.

Good thread. WaPo report may have been a good time to note Marc will be testifying live in court this week along with several board members on the largest privacy settlement ever and allegations of insider trading for Zuckerberg and a coverup to protect him. Sandberg, Zuckerberg, Thiel…etc.

Also the report may have been a good time to note Marc will be testifying live in court this week (wed or Thu) along with several FB board members on the largest privacy settlement ever and allegations of insider trading for Zuckerberg and a coverup to protect him. Sandberg, Zuckerberg next week.

The important thing to understand about the current state of affairs is that Andreessen hired a partner at the most influential VC firm in the tech industry solely on the basis that the man strangled a Black man to death in my neighborhood.

This report may have been a good time to note Marc will be testifying live in court this week along with several board members on the largest privacy settlement ever and allegations of insider trading for Zuckerberg and a coverup to protect him. Sandberg, Zuckerberg next week @nitasha.bsky.social

Elon Musk Consulted Curtis Yarvin, Right-Wing Thinker, on Third Party The two men spoke about Mr. Musk’s push to create the America Party before the midterm elections. Mr. Yarvin has expressed support for a monarchy, along with provocative ideas about race

Not sure “thinker” quite works here.

If you're wondering what happened with Grok overnight, it ended up referring to itself as MechaHitler before being switched off.

'Round Them Up': Grok Praises Hitler as Elon Musk's AI Tool Goes Full Nazi Grok even endorsed another Holocaust against the Jews.

Tay on steroids.

(Remind me again why people are supposed to feel guilty about abandoning Twitter?) gizmodo.com/round-them-u...

For people jumping on some Texas officials' claims that the NWS didn't warn them ... scrolling the #EWX timeline shows numerous warnings of potential flash flooding. (Thnx again @wandrme.paxex.aero for creating the Bluesky mirrors of NWS feeds.) ll

If you want* to read Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"--a clear-eyed yet profoundly hopeful inspection of the gap between U.S. ideals and U.S. reality--you can read it as it was first published at the Internet Archive.

* Yes, you do.

Chhabria in Kadrey v. Meta: bsky.app/profile/kint...

Eviscerates AI companies for dozens of pages on fair use; ultimately says authors' lawyers were specifically incompetent but authors will win in other cases.

Agreed re: your latter part, but the companies sure thought they could get away with it

Jason Kint on X: "Here is a thread into the exhibit list and prior threads on the case. I'm still fairly confident a former employee Yul Kwon will play a role in how much they knew and when but we'll find out in a few weeks. /8 https://t.co/a2AALvGCpo" / X Here is a thread into the exhibit list and prior threads on the case. I'm still fairly confident a former employee Yul Kwon will play a role in how much they knew and when but we'll find out in a few weeks. /8 https://t.co/a2AALvGCpo

Here is a X thread into the exhibit list and prior threads on the case. I'm still fairly confident a former employee Yul Kwon will play a role in how much they knew and when but we'll find out in a few weeks. /8 x.com/jason_kint/s...

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.

And here is Washington Post report by wapo.st/3ZRonor /7

The Narrowing of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Philanthropy

Keep in mind tweet 3 above when you read NYT and WaPo reporting this weekend on how Zuckerberg more recently changed his stock to philanthropy. His sales are about to be on display in DE court. NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/t... /6

Again, alleged 2016/2017 burying, November 2017 Plan, December 2017 audit meeting, February 2018 sale, March 2018 global news and largest data scandal in company history... Thiel. Andreesse, Zuckerberg, Sandberg deposed around all of this. /5

There is significant evidence of meetings regarding Cambridge Analytica including board-level discussions in advance of the major scandal hitting the public at-large in March 2018. ie this audit cmte meeting is new AFAIK and at odds with MZ's later testimony to @aoc.bsky.social /4

And it matters as Zuckerberg cranked up his own selling of stock at a very sensitive time. When the extent of Facebook's ongoing leaking of data through friends' use of apps allegedly wasn't understood by the public, its auditors and a strong violation of its 2012 FTC order. /3

The Court's words. As it already ruled this lawsuit could go to trial after prior inspection of board and governance records while not holding back describing the case as "involving alleged wrongdoing on a truly colossal scale. /2

It's no secret Facebook had massive privacy issues but after ~$8B in settlements we're 2 weeks from their mother of all lawsuit trials with discovery and depositions of the board and CEO to discover who knew what when in alleged 'colossal' cover-up. Pretrial brief just posted. /1

The headline is actually pretty misleading. It's not that big of a "win" for them over training with copyrighted material.

Here is a really good thread that highlights some of the positives for creators within the judges' written opinion. bsky.app/profile/kint...

A good link to use, share and promote. Thanks.

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