Casey NewtonMar 23, 2023
i mean, what are the odds that Jack Dorsey’s. Block is NOT as badly managed as Jack Dorsey’s Twitter was https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/business/dealbook/hindenburg-block-jack-dorsey.html
Short Seller Accuses Jack Dorsey’s Block of Facilitating Fraud

Shares of the financial tech company plunged after Hindenburg Research said it had failed to stamp out illegal activity on its platforms, including drug sales and sex trafficking.

The New York Times
Show threadZacMar 23, 2023
@caseynewton How is it legal for short sellers to shit talk the companies they short? And why do these "reports" keep getting published?
Show threadAndreas

@lolzac @caseynewton Freedom of speech for one.

And as the specific short-seller has been accurate so far, my bets would be on them rather than on Block.

Mar 24, 2023 at 1:35pmWeb
Show threadZacMar 24, 2023
@ixs @caseynewton The SEC Quiet Period would like to talk to you about your misunderstanding of “Freedom of Speech”
Show threadAndreasMar 24, 2023
@lolzac @caseynewton As the research company in question is not offering the security but is just an unrelated but interested party, no SEC rules apply to them.