MrBeast Reported to the FBI? New Accusations, Retractions, & Controversy, Trump MSG Rally, & More
PDS Published 10/28/2024
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Rosanna Pansino Reports MrBeast to FBI Over Company Telegram Messages
And she is claiming that MrBeast likely knew about Ava Kris Tyson’s inappropriate online behavior for several years.
These are all claims from a video Rosanna posted over the weekend sharing messages that were allegedly sent in MrBeasts company telegram between 2020 and 2021.
Some of the most concerning messages that Rosanna showed were sent by Ava, who posted multiple memes joking about sex offenders, including one that said, “Why yes I’m asexual….a sexual predator.”
Another included a photo of a young child with a very sexually explicit caption.
Some messages also had jokes sexualizing underage cartoon characters.
And there was also a meme that included Nazi imagery.
As far as the legitimacy of these messages, Rosanna said she verified them with multiple former MrBeast staffers,
And she had DogPack404 with her in the video, who you might remember as the former MrBeast employee who made multiple videos levying allegations against the company.
And in Rosanna’s video, the two also claimed that Ava allegedly sent a photo claiming it was of a 13-year-old Ivanka Trump, and while Rosanna censored that photo, she said it is a very sexualized image that could very well be considered CP.
And even though they said it is hard to verify with certainty if it is Ivanka, they said that the main problem is that Ava would ever send a photo that she believed showed any minor being exposed:
“Either way, having Ava Tyson saying, ‘oh, this photo is allegedly of Ivanka Trump when she’s 13,’ and it’s clearly sexually explicit, she’s wearing a see-through top, that’s insane…That is wildly inappropriate and just insane for a company chat.” (5:49-6:04)
And you might think, well this is all Ava, right, MrBeast did not send these.
But Rosanna claimed that not only was MrBeast in the chat and could see all of these, but he also participated and even made jokes that seemed to reference Ava’s behavior.
For some context, they said that MrBeast’s name in the chat was actually John Smith,
And that John Smith account sent a message saying Ava would “love” a show that is about a 26-year-old man’s relationship with a teenage girl.
“So Jimmy, in the chats, is saying, ‘I bet Chris would love this show because it’s right up her ally!’...Why do you think Chris would love that show Jimmy?... Why specifically this anime out of all animes out there?” (7:48-8:01)
And they really focused on these messages because as you likely remember, Ava was accused of grooming earlier this year,
MrBeast responded by saying he was only recently made aware of the accusations and does not condone them in any way, and removed Ava from the company.[]
But in this video, Rosanna claims that MrBeast must have known about her behavior.
And she also argued that all these messages are especially disturbing when you consider that they were sent in a company chat from people who make content directed at kids:
“Whoever he is working with, who is in his orbit, also has access to a ton of these kids. You have to be really careful and thoughtful about who you work with and have in your inner circle because they are also representing your brand, and he definitely knew.” (15:51-16:06)
And per Rosanna, there are just tons and tons of messages, and she said she could only showcase so many in her video, but promised she would share more as she parsed through them.
And that is exactly what she did yesterday, posting a video on X where she just scrolled through the alleged messages.
And in those, Ava sent even more sexual memes, including one that referenced a kids race car bed.
It also showed MrBeast sharing a meme that used homophobic language, but MrBeast called that meme an “accurate representation of how we treat each other.”
And after sharing that batch of alleged messages, Rosanna then wrote:[]
“I have reported what I found and my concerns to the authorities @FBI. Hopefully they will look into these MrBeast Telegram Company Chats Logs and other concerns.”
And she also tagged YouTube to get the platform’s attention on this as well.
But we will have to see if anything comes of this, so far MrBeast has not publicly addressed these alleged messages.
So we'll just have to keep our eyes open for what comes next.
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Trump’s Madison Square Garden Event Revealed A Fee Trump Policies and A LOT of Racist “Jokes” and Rhetoric
Without a doubt this weekend is going to go into the history books because of the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden that some are saying had more racist rhetoric than a LITERAL Nazi rally at the same exact location 85 years ago.
And actually, saying it was “racist” is an understatement.
There were “jokes” about Blacks, Jews, Latinos as well as racist and misogynistic comments about Vice President Kamala Harris.
I’m not even sure where to start because each comment made by a speaker seemed crazier than the last.
Like take the perpetual grifter Grant Cardone, who drew a lot of flak for saying “we need to slaughter these people” during his speech.
Like that doesn’t sound great, but in fuller context it comes off more like “we need to win at the polls overwhelmingly.”
Okay, a single sentence had a poor choice of words, so what’s the big deal?
Well, it doesn’t help that Cardone also not-so-subtly called Harris a whore when he said:
“Ladies and gentlemen, Kamala Harris is the least qualified candidate to run for any political office in American history.” @0:19-0:27
“She makes her boss look competent. She’s a fake -- I’m not here to invalidate her -- she’s a fake, a fraud, she’s a pretender. Her and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.” @0:36-0:51
And it also doesn’t help that it wasn’t just Cardone. Nearly every speaker had something insane to say.
Tucker Carlson added his own horrible comments when he said:
“It’s going to be pretty tough for them 10 days from now to look America in the eye with a straight face. It's going to be pretty hard to look at us and say, ‘You know what? Kamala Harris -- she got 85 million votes because she’s so impressive as the first Samoan Malaysian, low-IQ, former California prosecutor to ever be elected president. It was just a groundswell of popular support and anyone who thinks otherwise is just a freak or criminal…” []
Let’s call a spade a spade: Carlson was being racist. He KNOWS that Harris is Black and Indian -- not Samoan and Malaysian.
It’s like he went out of his way to choose two random brown ethnicities -- or it’s just as likely that to him it’s all the same thing so mixing them up doesn’t matter.
Harris was also called the “antichrist” by David Rem -- one of Trump’s “lifelong friends” even though the two reportedly just met two weeks ago.
Rem also emphasized that Trump needs the Latino vote and that it would “switch this election for your favor.”
Although after last night I’m not sure if that’s going to happen because of what comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said on stage.
If you recognize this dude it’s because he’s the host of the extremely popular comedy show called Kill Tony.
Tony had no problem making racist “jokes” while up there, saying things like:
He also joked that: [read until I find the clip]
“When it comes to Israel and Palestine, we’re all thinking the same thing. Settle your stuff already.”
“Best out of three. Rock, paper, scissors. You know the Palestinians, they’re going to throw a rock every time. But you also know the Jews have a hard time throwing that paper, if you know what I’m saying.” @4:17-4:42
But he really went after Latinos in particular and said:
“I welcome migrants to America with open arms. And by ‘open arms’ I mean like this.” [waves for them to go back] @:51-1:20
“It’s wild. And these Latinos love making babies too. Know that. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that, they cum inside. ‘JuSt LiKe ThEy DiD tO oUr CoUnTrY.’”
“It is absolutely wild times. It really, really is and uh… You know there’s a lot going on. Like I don’t know if you guys know this floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now/. Yeah, I think it’s called Puerto Rico.” [] @2:09-2:20
Tony’s comments were rightfully called out as racist and drew the attention of major names from Puerto Rico.
Take Bad Bunny: he didn’t address Tony directly but instead just reposted clips from a recent Harris campaign video highlighting her support for Puerto Ricans.
That video actually came out before Trump’s rally, but the timing ended up being pretty good for her and many took it as him officially endorsing Harris.
Others far more explicitly called out Tony, such as Ricky Martin who wrote on a reposted clip of Tony “This is what they think of us” as well as an explicit Harris endorsement.
AOC and Tim Walz also reacted to the clip while streaming on Twitch and playing games:
Which, complete tangent but it’s crazy to see how the Harris campaign is focusing on livestreamig to reach young voters, and even dropped a Fortnite map right as we were recording.
Walz highlighted that Puerto Ricans ARE AMERICANS and serve in the US at among the highest rates.
[]While AOC said:
“I need people to understand that when you have some a-hole calling Puerto Rico floating garbage, know that that’s what they think about you. That’s what they think about people who make less money than them. That’s what they think about the people who serve them food in a restaurant. It’s what they think about the people who fold their clothes in a store. Like, dude are you serious?”
[W] “the privilege of this campaign is traveling across the United States and there are hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans in battleground states that need to send them a message on this. You got to vote…” @1:45 - 2:lk27
Even some former Trump-supporting Puerto Ricans like Geraldo Rivera have expressed frustration and anger at the comments, saying:
“Fuck these racists. Latino men of good will, have pride in yourselves and your ancestors. A vote for Trump is a vote against self-respect.” []
For his part, Tony tried to downplay the situation by saying they were just jokes and later responded to Walz with:
“These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacationing there. I made fun of everyone…watched the whole set. I’m a comedian Tim…might be time to change your tampon.” []
But the whole “it’s just a joke” wasn’t flying for a lot of people with takes like:
“I understand this might have been intended as a joke by a comedian, but when comments like this are made at a political rally, not a comedy club, they take on a different and more damaging meaning.” []
However despite all of that: want to know how I know it was THAT bad?
The Trump campaign is trying to do damage control by distancing themselves from Tony’s comments, although Trump himself has yet to comment on the situation.
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And it makes sense that they’d want that distance, because Latinos and Puerto Ricans in particular are a MAJOR voting block in key battleground states.
It was such a disaster that many are claiming that this rally alone may have done serious damage to Trump’s chances of getting reelected.
Which is why we saw people like a former Trump White House Official writing:
“Who wants to tell these guys there are ~ HALF A MILLION Puerto Ricans living in Battleground PA, whose votes are up for grabs?”
While former White House official Peter Navarro said that Tony is “the biggest, stupidest asshole that ever came down the comedy pipe.”
Other key Trump allies pushed back against Tony’s jokes, such as Florida Senator Rick Scott who said the jokes were “not funny and it’s not true.”
What’s crazy is that this isn’t even all the crazy stuff that happened.
Political Analyst Stephen Miller decided to echo Nazi slogans when he said that “America is for Americans only.”
Which is suspiciously similar to “Germany for the Germans.”
Or the KKK’s America for Americans.”
And we haven’t even touched on what Trump said.
I’m just going to paraphrase because most of his remarks rambled so showing clips would make this entire thing another 10 minutes for him to get to the point.
To his credit, he did talk about an actual policy point, which is rare for his campaign.
He promised a tax credit for those who take care of elderly family members olr those with disabilities -- which is similar to what Harris has also recently promised.
But that’s about the only policy point he’s made.
Other than that, he did classic Trump stuff by rambling a bit about migrants, journalists, and other people he’s not a fan of.
Right, he made vague threats to his opponents and called them “the enemy from within.”
In the past he clarified that this meant ““The crazy lunatics that we have — the fascists, the Marxists, the communists, the people that we have that are actually running the country.”
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For migrants he promised to use the 1798 Alien and Sedition Act to go after them.
Which, to be clear, would be a completely unprecedented use of the law.
He also bashed the military leaders of the past few decades -- likely because many have come out warning about Trump’s insane fantasies while in the White House that we talked about last week.
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All in all it was a crazy night and we didn’t even cover EVERYTHING since the rest of the speakers managed to not say anything as egregious.
But it’ll be crazy to see if the racist rhetoric will actually swing key voters.
Because with the election just a week away, I can imagine that just a shit show will be fresh on people’s minds and the Harris campaign will likely want to beat it into people’s heads while the Trump campaign will likely try to make something else the thing people are talking about.
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OpenAI Whisper
Hospitals are rushing to use faulty AI tools and it could have serious consequences.
Right, OpenAI has this supposedly super awesome AI-powered transcription tool called Whisper.
Which they say has near “human level robustness and accuracy.” []
And this could be an incredibly useful tool in many industries but specifically, medical centers are reportedly rushing to implement Whisper-based tools in order to transcribe patients’ consultations with doctors. []
And save them oodles of time on note-taking and reports.
The problem here is that according to more than a dozen experts, Whisper has a bad habit of making shit up. []
We’re talking software engineers, developers, academic researchers - all saying that Whisper is prone to making up chunks of information.
Including things like racial commentary, violent rhetoric, and even imagined medical treatments. []
And this isn’t a new problem - AI making stuff up or “hallucinating” has been making headlines for a while now.
And while we don’t know the exact scope of the issue with Whisper specifically, some of the experiences researchers and engineers have had so far are definitely concerning.
And according to researchers, the way those numbers are trending could lead to tens of thousands of faulty transcriptions over millions of recordings. []
Which could have, quote, “really grave consequences,” in hospitals, according to Alondra Nelson, who led the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Biden administration until last year. []
Adding,
“Nobody wants a misdiagnosis. There should be a higher bar.” []
Now, it’s not like nobody is doing anything about this.
In fact, the issue of hallucinations has prompted experts, advocates, and even former OpenAI employees to push for more federal regulations on AI. []
And a current OpenAI spokesperson has said they are continually studying how to reduce hallucinations and the company even warned that Whisper shouldn’t be used in, quote, “high-risk domains.” []
You know, like hospitals.
But that warning hasn’t stopped anything.
Reportedly, more than 30,000 clinicians and 40 health systems have started using a Whisper-based tool built by Nabla. []
With Nabla saying that they’re aware of the hallucination issue and are working to address it - at this point, they require medical providers to edit and approve the transcriptions. []
Though, an issue that some researchers have with Nabla’s tool is that it erases the original recording for, quote, “data safety reasons.” []
Meaning that it’s impossible to compare the AI-generated transcription to the original audio - with a former OpenAI engineer saying that is definitely cause for concern, adding,
“You can’t catch errors if you take away the ground truth.” []
But I would love to know your thoughts about this.
Especially if you work in a medical or artificial intelligence space
Let me know in those comments down below.
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Georgian president refuses to recognize election results, accusing ruling party and Russia of interference
And then, in international news, the country of Georgia is bracing for chaos.
Right, the president is refusing to recognize the official result of the country’s parliamentary election and calling for a protest.
With her saying the ruling party rigged the election with the help of the Kremlin.
And with that, saying the country’s future hangs in the balance.
And that’s because this election this weekend? It wasn’t just any election.
Right, it was the election widely seen as deciding whether Georgia’s future would be with Europe or Russia.
And so, backing up a bit, the goal of joining the EU has actually been enshrined in Georgia’s constitution since 2018.
Right, with the country formally applying in 2022 and then gaining candidate status in 2023.
Notably, with nearly 80 percent of Georgian people reportedly supporting EU membership.
Georgia’s ruling party in parliament claims that it supports EU membership as well, but lately, it’s just been moving the country in the exact opposite direction.
Right, that’s the Georgian Dream party.
It’s been in power since 2012.
And it was actually founded by a billionaire who made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s and is viewed by many as the most powerful man in Georgia.
That’s even though he hasn’t held public office for more than a decade.
But in any case, in May, the party voted to override a presidential veto to push through a so-called “foreign agent” law, even as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in protest.
The law requires organizations receiving more than 20 percent of their revenues from abroad to register as “acting in the interest of a foreign power.”
And it’s the same type of law that has had a devastating impact on press freedom and human rights in Russia, forcing many organizations to stop operating entirely.
And with that, it led to the EU halting Georgia’s accession process and cutting off aid to the country.
But despite that, Georgian Dream has just continued moving in its authoritarian direction, again emulating Russia when it approved legislation targeting LGTBQ+ rights last month.
Specifically, approving a bill that would ban same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption, depictions of LGBTQ+ relations and people in the media.
It would also ban gender-affirming care and changing gender designations in official documents.
And with that, the idea that the EU threatened Georgia’s “traditional family values” has been a big talking point both by Georgian Dream and Russian propaganda.
Another big one has been the idea that joining the EU would mean risking war with Russia.
With Georgian Dream leaders also vowing to ban opposition parties and remove opposition lawmakers after the elections, calling them as “criminals” and “traitors”.
And with that, these opposition parties actually put some of their differences aside, saying that if they won a majority, they’d work together to undo the damage caused by Georgian Dream.
But come election day, they didn’t even get close.
With Georgian Dream earning nearly 54 percent of the vote, and the four main opposition groups receiving just over 37 percent.
At least, that’s according to the official results.
The only problem?
Several international monitoring organizations reported that there had been all sorts of reasons to doubt that result.
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, for example, said that before the election, violations included “voter pressure, intimidation, confiscation of identity cards, collection/processing of personal data, and voter bribery.”
And then, election day violations included cases of ballot stuffing, multiple voting, more voter bribery, and the expulsion of observers.
With the organization ultimately concluding: “...given the combination of these violations, the results cannot reflect the will of the voters.”
And so with all that, the four opposition groups were unanimous in saying that they did not recognize the election as legitimate.
With the president, joined by leaders of the opposition, saying:
“I do not recognize these elections. Recognizing them would be tantamount to legitimizing Russia’s takeover of Georgia … We cannot surrender our European future for the sake of future generations.”
And now, as of recording, we’re waiting to see if and how many Georgians heed the call and take to the streets.
And then, who knows how this all plays out in the weeks and months ahead.
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Israel strikes Iran and Iran vows response
Shifting gears, Israel openly attacked Iran for the very first time this weekend.
Right, with this being a response to Iran’s attack on Israel earlier this month.
You know, which was in response to other Israeli attacks (1, 2).
And of course, you can keep going back like that for a while.
But in any case, one civilian and four soldiers were reportedly killed in these latest strikes.
And notably, the strikes were more limited than some had been expecting.
Right, Iranian officials had repeatedly warned attacks on nuclear or energy infrastructure would cross a “red line.”
And with that, the US had publicly pressured Israel to avoid these types of targets.
With Israeli officials reportedly assuring the Biden administration that it wouldn’t earlier a couple weeks ago
But of course, everyone was still on edge.
But in the end, the IDF reportedly focused on air defense, radar sites, and long-range missile production facilities in Iran.
With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying yesterday that the strikes had "severely damaged Iran’s defense capability and its ability to produce missiles.”
And then, beyond that, it was seemingly about sending a message.
Right, showing Iran that it’s capable of hitting high-value targets if and when it wants to.
But with that, Iranian officials have downplayed the impact of the attack,
Right, saying most missiles were intercepted and those that weren't caused only limited damage to air defense systems.
But notably, their response is also much more muted in the past.
Right, with the supreme leader saying:
“It is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and will of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of this nation and country."
And that’s a guy who has in the past threatened to flatten cities if Israel attacked Iran, or to “hit Israel 10 times if they strike once.”
But now, the Iranian president saying Iran would "give an appropriate response" to the attack, adding that they don’t seek war.
And so now, it’s just a question of what “appropriate” will mean.
The US, for its part, along with allies, is urging Iran to just stand down.
With a spokesperson for the National Security Council also drawing a comparison between Iran’s attack and Israel’s response, saying Israel:
“...avoided populated areas and focused solely on military targets, contrary to Iran's attack against Israel that targeted Israel's most populous city".
But of course, Israel avoiding populated areas?
A lot of people say it could do better there.
I mean, as all this played out this weekend, Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza continued.
In Lebanon, for example, strike on a city in the Southern part of the country reportedly killed eight people.
Notably, with this being a city where many people have fled to from other parts of the country because of Israel’s invasion.
And then, in Gaza, an Israeli strike on a school that had been turned into a shelter in a refugee camp killed nine people.
With three of the dead reportedly being Palestinian journalists.
And besides that, I should say, in Israel, there’s also been an incident being investigated as a terror attack.
Right, a man drove a truck into a bus stop near an Israeli military base north of Tel Aviv, killing one and injuring at least thirty more.
So all in all, the violence just shows little sign of winding down.
But we’ll have to wait and see where things go from here.
