aspragg6d ago

Notes on a Non-Profit Indicted for Bank Fraud:

https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/nonprofit-indicted-bank-fraud/

Really fascinating and in-depth (i.e. long) look at the Southern Poverty Law Centre and associated Change The Terms coalition's work in the global fight against terrorism, hate speech and online misinformation, including their position in the financial system and how they've used that to disrupt funding to those groups.

The author clearly has positions on topics, so read with a critical eye.

#splc #bitsaboutmoney #patio11

Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud

Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligence agency; distributes intelligence product; achieves adoption in financial infrastructure; recruits agents and allies; intervenes against U.S. political fundraising.

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Show threadCory DoctorowAug 12, 2023

The people they collected the debts from are likewise in the dark. The only specialized expertise debt-collection firms concern themselves with are a series of gotcha tricks and semi-automated legal shenanigans that let them take money they don't deserve from people who can't afford to pay it.

There's no better person to explain this dynamic than #PatrickMcKenzie, a finance and technology expert whose #BitsAboutMoney newsletter is absolutely essential reading.

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RubenJan 6, 2023
@mjd despite the overlong sentences and my frequent confusion at concepts discussed I quite enjoy Bits About Money. This is your cue to tell me you've already read everything he has written and summarily dismiss it all as a hokum. #bam #BitsAboutMoney

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