Comment on He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 1 day agoI agree that OP could have post a summary with the video, but clickbait would be “He built a privacy tool, and you won’t believe what happened next” or something that doesn’t inform of the content of the video. Here it’s pretty clear, he built a privacy tool and was arrested for it, all the info is contained in the title.
Devial@discuss.online 23 hours ago
Click bait is anything that is designed to bait people into clicking a link. Virtually every headline and content title on the internet is click bait to some level.
Malicious click bait is when headlines either outright lie, or imply things that aren’t accurate to the content.
The phrasing of this title implies that the creation of a privacy tool is what the creator got arrested for, which is in fact inaccurate to the content, as the reason wasn’t creating the tool, the reason was using the tool for money laundering.
So imo it’s 100% fair to call this title malicious clickbait
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
That’s LITERALLY what happened.
No he, wasn’t accused of using it for money laundering at all, he was actually accused of “conspiracy” to money laundering, claiming that his tool facilitates it, HOWEVER, the prosecution itself knew their charges had absolute no legal basis and kept it a secret, and when defense made a motion to dismiss it was denied by the judged without even being heard and the judge gave no reason for it. In front of an openly hostile judge and a trial that has no intention of following laws, he made a deal for 5 years in prison instead of 25 that they were going to give him.
Again, he wasn’t even charged with money laundering, he was arrested for creating a tool that can be used for that. The title is telling the truth - therefore, it’s not malicious.