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0 pointsstonethrowaway1y ago0 comments

I would love to read a solid exposé of Worldcoin, but I don’t think I will get that from Buzzfeed or from The Atlantic. Both seemed to be agenda driven and hot headed. I’d like a more impartial breakdown ala AP-style news reporting.

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latexr1y ago

> I don’t think I will get that from Buzzfeed

BuzzFeed News is not BuzzFeed. They were a serious news website¹ staffed by multiple investigative journalists, including a Pulitzer winner heading that division. They received plenty of awards and recognition.² It is indeed a shame they shared a name with BuzzFeed and that no doubt didn’t help, but it does not detract from their work.

> or from The Atlantic.

There was no Atlantic link. The other source was MIT Technology Review.

> I’d like a more impartial breakdown ala AP-style news reporting.

The Associated Press did report on it³, and the focus was on the privacy implications too. The other time they reported on it⁴ was to announce Spain banned it for privacy concerns.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News

² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News#Awards_and_recog...

³ https://apnews.com/article/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-sam-altm...

⁴ https://apnews.com/article/worldcoin-spain-eyeballs-privacy-...

stonethrowawayOP1y ago

Thank you. I’ll take a look. The Atlantic link I’m referring to is the actual HN article link of the OP, not of the GP.

rmltn1y ago

One of the above links is from the MIT Technology Review ...

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