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by msghacq 7y ago
A lot of this information came out last week on Xeni's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/xeni She's been doing an amazing job digging into Epstein's relationships with the science and tech community (some
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Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Previously Thought(buzzfeednews.com)
76 points by msghacq 7y ago|77 comments
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Why couldn’t the visionaries at MIT spot a bad actor like Jeffrey Epstein?(bostonglobe.com)
12 points by msghacq 7y ago|3 comments
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The Company You Keep – On Joi Ito and Jeffrey Epstein(om.co)
3 points by msghacq 7y ago|0 comments
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by msghacq 7y ago
Do you know if Epstein invested in any of those startups?
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Taking Money from Epstein – Media Lab Director Joi Ito Needs to Resign(medium.com)
3 points by msghacq 7y ago|0 comments
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by msghacq 7y ago
If you were raising money from Epstein, investing with him and visiting his houses, it's safe to say you were one of the people that were aware of his background. Ethan Zuckerman explicitly stated he warned Ito about Epstein and Ito ch
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by msghacq 7y ago
Raising money from, coinvesting with and visiting the multiple homes of someone isn't "impersonal business transactions". It's a deep relationship with someone who was already convicted of raping a child. You should read
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by msghacq 7y ago
Indeed, people should read Ethan's post as it contains much more content. I'm not even sure why Ito's apology is on HN right now. I submitted this exact same link days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by msghacq 7y ago
Ito did know Epstein was a child sex rapist. Ethan Zuckerberg urged Ito not do deal with Epstein at the time and he ignored him: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2019/08/20/on-me-and-the-...
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by msghacq 7y ago
A 16 year old can't be a prostitute (they can't consent to have sex with an adult). It's called child rape, and yes most people consider that to rank particularly high on the moral failings list.
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by msghacq 7y ago
It wasn't just the university though. Ito also allowed Epstein to coinvest in his personal startup investments. He also visited his houses (which were decorated somewhere between provocatively and illegally based on residence). Ethan Z
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by msghacq 7y ago
He was literally told by his colleague (who today quit) that he should not associate with Epstein: https://medium.com/@EthanZ/on-me-and-the-media-lab-715bfc707...
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by msghacq 7y ago
There's nothing classy about this. It wasn't until the latest batch of Epstein information came forward that Ito said anything. Epstein was raping children during the period Ito was raising money from him, coinvesting with him a
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by msghacq 7y ago
Epstein's conviction for raping a minor was public information at the point that Joi Ito raised money from, coinvested with and visited his homes. Far more information is included in Ethan's MIT resignation post: He should step do
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by msghacq 7y ago
He should step down from the boards of the Media Lab and The New York Times. Far more information is provided in Ethan's resignation letter than in Ito's "apology": http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog&#x2F
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by msghacq 7y ago
There is, but unfortunately only one of three pilots recorded names in the flight logs. Still, there is a lot of documentation.
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by msghacq 7y ago
There are pictures with Prince Andrew's arm around 16 year old Giuffre with Maxwell present. How many 16 year olds find themselves in that situation? The Lolita Express (Epstein's plane) had a bed installed in it. That's not
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by msghacq 7y ago
I don't think it takes religion to see this as a bad thing. Just simple empathy and common sense. Even with zero empathy for the victims, its seems like terrible business sense to associate with a child sex trafficker. People in genera
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by msghacq 7y ago
Good points but it's not true that Epstein didn't have women involved. His #2 was Ghislaine Maxwell, she recruited girls and participated in the abuse. He also had Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell, Barbra Walters and numerous other high
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by msghacq 7y ago
> Merely knowing/being friends with the guy though should not be reason for disgrace without further evidence of anything bad on one's part. I think being friends with a convicted child sex trafficker should be cause for disg
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by msghacq 7y ago
Joi Ito wasn't at "some party" with Epstein. He raised money from him after Epstein was convicted for child sex trafficking. He also allowed Epstein to co-invest in his startups. He also visited his houses... During this time
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by msghacq 7y ago
I would say taking money from, investing with and visiting the houses of a convicted child sex trafficker is a really bad idea if you want to keep your and your institution's reputation intact. It's also recently come to light t
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by msghacq 7y ago
Joi Ito took money for MIT from Epstein after he became a convicted sex offender. He also allowed Epstein to co-invest in his startups and visited his houses (which were decorated with extremely provocative and possibly illegal photos). A
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by msghacq 7y ago
I agree but this is also big. Joi Ito admitted to visiting Epstein's houses as well. He also let him co-invest in startups with him. It's unclear which startups in particular Epstein was an investor in though.
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by msghacq 7y ago
Nathan Matias is also leaving for the same reason: https://medium.com/@natematias/leaving-the-mit-media-lab-ea3...
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Another Scientist Leaves MIT Media Lab Due to Joi Ito's Association with Epstein(medium.com)
2 points by msghacq 7y ago|0 comments
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On me, and the Media Lab(ethanzuckerman.com)
184 points by msghacq 7y ago|132 comments
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by msghacq 7y ago
I don't think that's the important part of this post. It's the first place that confirms that Ito and MIT raised money from Epstein; a fact they've denied in the past [1]. It's also the first mention that Ito allowe
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by msghacq 7y ago
I don't think the lede is that he's giving back the money now that all of this has become public. I think the lede is that Ito raised money, coinvested with and visited multiple homes of Epstein after Epstein became a convicted

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