copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-07-13): Imagine waking up one day to find Elon Musk has launched an exciting new cryptocurrency giveaway celebration tied to SpaceX’s latest rocket launch. A YouTube video shows Musk announcing that SpaceX will distribute $100 million in free Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and other tokens. All you need to do is visit the SpaceX website, send some crypto to a designated wallet address, and double your money! [...] The SpaceX cryptocurrency giveaway scams are elaborate ruses designed to deceive victims into transferring valuable digital assets into the wallets of opportunistic fraudsters. By impersonating Elon Musk and SpaceX, these cunning scammers have managed to pilfer millions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin from unsuspecting users. [...] No. Any crypto giveaways promoting rewards in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin or other assets tied to SpaceX or Elon Musk are completely fake. SpaceX has never actually conducted any crypto giveaways.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2023-09-08): A New Crypto Scam Shows Perils of Elon Musk's Twitter A purported $25 million giveaway of a token called GBTC – letters better associated with the $13 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust – is an obvious fake. A purported $25 million crypto giveaway on the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter is – no surprise, really – indeed too good to be true.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2022-06-09): The criminals are hijacking YouTube accounts and using the videos to promote bogus cryptocurrency giveaways. [...] For many months, the streams have been fooling thousands of people into sending cryptocurrency to criminals, thinking they will receive a prize from Mr Musk. One of the most common links to website https://elon-x2.live/, which invites people to double their money by sending Bitcoin or Ethereum to the digital-wallet addresses advertised.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2022-04-19): Check out the account’s Twitter lists. This is done by clicking into the "…" and then hitting lists in the dropdown menu. With this done, we see a so-called "giveaway marathon" list. The giveaway isn’t detailed with text, so it is again very easy to miss. Rather, it’s a picture of a fake Elon Musk tweet which reads as follows: [...] "5,000 BTC giveaway", screams the banner. Our marketing department here at Tesla HQ came up with an idea: to hold a special giveaway event for all crypto fans out there.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2020-01-01): Enter our weekly cryptocurrency giveaways, competitions, and airdrops to win free crypto — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more! [...] In simple words, a crypto and Bitcoin giveaway is a promotion campaign when a company gives away crypto prizes for free between random participants. Promos are usually time-limited. But if you join the CEX.IO crypto giveaway on the last day, you still have time to submit entries and get a chance to win. [...] Usually, the crypto prizes we share in our sweepstakes are of high interest among crypto enthusiasts. If it’s our listing crypto giveaways, we’re sharing a certain amount of newly added tokens. Like it was with Zilliqa (ZIL), Holo (HOT), Dogecoin (DOGE). Sometimes we celebrate major events or achievements with Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) sweepstakes.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-10-02): In a September 17 letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) accused the SEC of "putting its thumb on the scale" by making hostile assertions about airdrops and creating an unforgiving regulatory environment regarding crypto and blockchain technology. The letter requests that the SEC answer whether "giving away non-security digital assets for free" implicates the Howey test. The letter also asks how crypto airdrops are any different from airline miles or credit card points that are "distributed freely to encourage engagement," much like "airdrops aim to engage users and developers" in growing blockchain networks. Letter; The Block.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-08-23): - Limited control over the mining operations since it’s cloud-based. [...] - Limited control over which cryptocurrencies are mined. [...] - It supports the mining of multiple cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2023-05-22): Open-source, decentralized social networks are also gaining steam — following censorship controversies at Twitter and Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover last fall — as alternatives to those owned by tech giants. [...] These alternatives remain tiny, but the success in recent years of disruptive open-source projects like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the popular encrypted messaging app Signal have inspired grand ambitions.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2021-06-19): When I speak to Shane Blake, 26, a digital marketing worker from Brighton, he’s in a low mood. "I’m feeling a bit flat after what Elon did," he says, with a deep sigh. "He knows how to take money straight out of my pocket. It’s not nice waking up and checking your balance and realising you’ve just lost £3,000." He is referring to a social media post from the tech CEO in which he stated that Tesla would no longer take bitcoin for payments due to high level of fossil fuels involved with the cryptocurrency’s transactions (the amount of electricity used has the same carbon footprint as Argentina). With that message, Elon Musk wiped £7,000 off the price of bitcoin.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2021-12-29): A second straight day of positive performance comes amidst revived speculation surrounding DOGE's future use for payments on Twitter, which earlier this week was rebranded to X by owner Elon Musk. [...] What Musk Has In Mind And How Crypto Might Fit In [...] Drawing parallels with Tesla accepting DOGE for its products, Kryptomon's marketing chief, Tomer Nuni, told CoinDesk that businesses associated with Musk seem ready to start embracing crypto.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-05-16): Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency investments [...] Musk also has revealed that he owns Bitcoin (BTC -0.98%) and Ethereum (ETH -1.84%), although he has said the Bitcoin he owns is worth much more than the Ethereum or Doge that he owns. Tesla and SpaceX both own significant amounts of Bitcoin, too. Although we know Tesla owns about 42,000 Bitcoins (worth about $1.3 billion in June 2022), we don't know how much of any cryptocurrencies Musk personally owns. [...] Finally, while it would be easy enough to follow Musk into cryptocurrencies, there's one big thing to keep in mind. As someone with literally billions of dollars in assets, Musk's risk tolerance dynamics are much different than yours. In fact, his goals are likely less about balancing investment growth and risk management and more about building businesses that align with his personal goals and image.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2022-01-26): One of the persistent critiques of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum is their immense energy use, which, on the surface, seems like the price to pay for not trusting the state as the arbiter of truth/provider of trust. The solution proposed by the Ethereum Foundation has been to shift from today’s energy-intensive mechanism of Proof of Work to the less environmentally damaging Proof of Stake. Yet, the latter, once you look closely at the details, solves the energy problem by making the entire system more plutocratic, because, in essence, it runs on the principle ‘one dollar (or ether) = one vote’. What makes this crypto-plutocracy tolerable to many of its advocates is their jaded view of today’s financial system, which they see as even more plutocratic and hell-bent on appropriating even more of the bailout money. How does one answer such critiques?
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-10-04): - ^ Ryan Browne (29 January 2021). "Bitcoin spikes 20% after Elon Musk adds #bitcoin to his Twitter bio". CNBC. Retrieved 2 February 2021. [...] - ^ "Elon Musk says bitcoin is slightly better than holding cash". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 February 2021. [...] - ^ "Elon Musk Says Tesla Likely to Accept Bitcoin Again". Gizmodo. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2018-07-29): And we have a great team of investors at USV working on this, and we have a network of crypto funds we have invested in that we collaborate with, and we have a bunch of like-minded VC firms that we work with in this sector. [...] For anyone having trouble sifting through the firehose of info, I’m giving away free ETH newsletters: http://www.weekinethereum.com/ [...] Other examples might be Apple with the GUI but Microsoft won the market. Also with browsers Microsoft killed Netscape ‘cut off their air supply’ by giving away a free browser.So your point is that once Musk shows the market for electric cars (has not been done yet) and/or makes the market (may never happen) then the big guys will come in and eat the lunch.Counterpoint to that? Amazon. Certainly proved the market but because they were able to sustain losses for so many years (Bezos sleigh of hand) they could get big enough that they can’t be touched.Also why has no ‘big guy’ taken over Facebook, Google, Uber, Airbnb and so on? Or Dropbox. They got big enough.And what about in commercial real estate WeWork? Why are they valued so much higher than companies doing similar who could easily duplicate the concept. How hard is it to duplicate WeWork when you can see exactly how they do what they do?That said you are also right obviously. I think this is definitely going to happen with marijuana. The early guys (with those homespun shops and containers) will get killed by the big money.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Bitcoin Cash Without Any Fees [...] How to Send Bitcoin for Free
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2021-10-21): Sam Altman wants to give every person on the planet free money—or rather free cryptocurrency. It’s a lofty goal that commands a lofty name: Worldcoin. Cofounded by Altman earlier this year, the project has raised $25 million to date from grandees such as Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures. It’s part crypto buzz, part financial inclusion dream—and Altman believes that by piggybacking on the network effect of doling out a bit of the pie to every single human on Earth, WorldCoin could evolve into a global, fairly distributed electronic currency. Altman, who runs the AI research outfit OpenAI and used to be the CEO of Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, says the concept is untested. "A lot of elementary school kids have thought that [to give free money to everyone] is a good idea," Altman says. "But as far as I know, there have been no more serious plans than that." The company has now exited stealth mode and released some extremely bold estimates on how many people it thinks will be claiming its Worldcoin: 1 billion in less than two years. Plus, Altman thinks, this might be the first step toward something more ambitious. "It could show the world a new way to think about—a prototype of UBI."
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2023-09-07): We’re excited to be adding new cryptocurrencies because it gives donors more flexibility in the way they donate. We recognize that converting from one crypto to another can be a taxable event in many countries, so we want to offer flexibility to accept other tokens directly. [...] - Select a nonprofit or charity that resonates with your values and ideals - Choose the cryptocurrency you’d like to use for your donation (like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge, Aave, Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, Uniswap) [...] We have more great news on the way: in the coming weeks, we’re adding support for 30+ cryptocurrencies! Stay tuned for the latest rollout announcements by following us on Twitter @TheGivingBlock.
Claim: Elon Musk Is Giving Away Bitcoin Or Ethereum Freely !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-07)
Evidence (2024-02-08): Hertz-Shargel said other companies should follow Ethereum’s lead or they may see even more government regulation in the future.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-10): Upon our fact-checking, along with information from Meta, confirms that user posts on Meta platforms cannot stop Meta from utilizing their content for AI training. To prevent their data from being used in this way, users must adhere to the procedures set by Meta. Spreading misleading chain messages can result in the dissemination of misinformation and cause confusion.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-25): A poorly phrased Instagram sticker won’t prevent Meta from accessing your posts for AI training purposes. Below, we reveal what’s going on and how to stop it. [...] But, here’s the catch: despite your protests, Meta may still use your data to train its AI in some cases, whether you use its platforms or not. This will affect you if you appear in or are mentioned in posts, photos, and captions shared by Instagram and Facebook users. [...] While less common, you could explore legal action against Meta if you believe its use of your data for AI training violates your privacy rights under GDPR. This route is usually for more serious cases and can be expensive, so consulting a lawyer specialising in data privacy is recommended.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-13): How will this play out? Meta says that "from next week" all adults in the UK who use Facebook and Instagram "will start receiving in-app notifications to explain what we’re doing". These notifications will apparently include information on how you can "access an objection form" so you can opt out of your data "being used to train our generative AI models". [...] Meta has also added that "we do not use people’s private messages with friends and family to train for AI at Meta, and we do not use information from accounts of people in the UK under the age of 18". However, that doesn't mean that photos of children uploaded on other public accounts – for example, by family or parents –can't be used for AI training, so it's best to get those privacy settings locked down. While this all may seem invasive, at least those of us in the UK and EU have the option of opting out of Meta's AI training – we recently saw that Facebook and Instagram users in Australia have no opt-out option, despite Meta admitting to scraping posts and photos in the country from as far back as 2007.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-12): While users in the European Union can opt out of having their data used to train Meta's AI models, such an option doesn't exist in the US or Australia. Making sure your audience isn't set to "public" should keep any of your new posts and photos from being used for the company's AI training. The section on generative AI from Meta's privacy center says, "We use public posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram to train generative AI models for these features and for the open-source community. We don't use posts or comments with an audience other than Public for these purposes." [...] Likewise, Meta says it may use your interactions with AI features, such as "messages to AI chats, questions you ask and images you ask Meta AI to imagine for you." It may also save details and context about you from conversations you have with AI characters.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-10-05): Panic, confusion and frustration are just some of the ways people have felt about Meta’s announcement earlier this year that it’s training its artificial intelligence (AI) tech by feeding it public Facebook and Instagram posts. [...] The European Center for Digital Rights, known as NOYB (None of Your Business), filed complaints in several European countries about Meta’s AI policy change in June, stalling its rollout in the continent. [...] ‘From this week, adults based in the UK who use Facebook and Instagram will start receiving in-app notifications to explain what we’re doing, including how they can access a simple objection form at any time to object to their data being used to train our generative AI models,’ the Meta spokesperson explained.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Facepalm: Once again, social media users are reposting messages in the mistaken belief that it will stop Meta from using their content – in this case, for AI training. The "Goodbye Meta AI" post that has mostly appeared on Instagram Stories has fooled the likes of Tom Brady and James McAvoy, but, like every other allegedly copyright-protecting viral post in history, it isn't legally binding, as confirmed by Meta itself. However, there are other ways to protect yourself from Meta's AI. [...] Meta said earlier this year that as of June 26, it would use public user content to train and improve its AI services, so it's easy to understand people's concerns. European users can opt-out by visiting the Meta Privacy Center from their Facebook account, selecting "data settings" and then "off-Facebook activity." From here, select "manage your data" and turn off "data sharing" and "A.I. model training." [...] There doesn't appear to be a definitive way for US users to stop Meta from using their posts for AI training, though it is believed that setting accounts to private gives the company fewer opportunities to do so.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-08): It added that users have "rights related to how [your] information is used for AI at Meta," providing a link to a support page for 'Data Subject Rights.' [...] However, there was no option to completely opt out of, or give consent for data usage for AI model training. [...] Conclusion: Posting about not allowing Meta to use your posts and content to train its AI models does not effectively prohibit the company from doing so.
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Goodbye, Meta AI. Please note that an attorney has advised us to put this on; failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity, all members must post a similar statement. If you do not post at least once, it will be assumed you are OK with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos. [...] Opting out of Meta's AI training could be impossible based on where you live. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation — a law that "protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and, in particular, their right to the protection of personal data" — requires the platform to give users the ability to request their information not be used. (Users can submit their case by filling out a form.) In the U.S., however, that's not the case. According to the MIT Technology Review: "Users in the U.S. or other countries without national data privacy laws don't have any foolproof ways to prevent Meta from using their data to train AI, which has likely already been used for such purposes. Meta does not have an opt-out feature for people living in these countries."
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-06-13): In short, many of those social media posts described an authentic method of opting out of Meta's AI training program, but it seemed not everyone was able to use it. That's because while the feature was available to Meta's European Region and United Kingdom customers, it wasn't available to users in the United States. [...] When accessed from Europe, Meta's page titled "How Meta uses information for generative AI models and features" explained that users had "the right to object to information you've shared on Meta's Products and services being used to develop and improve AI at Meta." Emphasis ours: [...] However, both the opt-out process and Meta's planned use of users' data for AI training drew widespread criticism. The European Center for Digital Rights (noyb), a nonprofit organization based in Austria that focuses on enforcing digital rights and privacy laws, said it "filed complaints in 11 European countries, asking the authorities to launch an urgency procedure to stop this change immediately, before it comes into force on 26 June 2024."
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-25): Viral post falsely claims to stop Meta using your data to train AI - here's how to actually stop it [...] Hundreds of thousands of Instagram users, including actors Julianne Moore and Ashley Tisdale, have shared a post that supposedly revokes Meta's right to train its artificial intelligence tool using their information. "Goodbye Meta AI," it says before saying the user does "not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of personal data, profile information or photos".
Claim: Posting No-Consent Message Prevents Meta From Using Your Content For AI Training (Social Media Users, 2024-06-10)
Evidence (2024-09-27): This time around, the message targets Meta AI, Meta's artificial intelligence chatbot that the company is pushing throughout its products. Many people who use Meta products, like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, are unhappy about this integration, both the tool and the data collection required to train the AI tool. [...] The big difference with Meta AI's data training is that there is actually a way to opt out of having your data used. At least, there is depending on where you live. Unfortunately, at the current time, US-based Facebook users cannot opt out of Meta's AI training data collection. Data collection and privacy laws in the US are famously weak, and because of this, Meta isn't required to provide a way to protect your data.