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On Monday, Popular Information revealed that a network of at least 16 online influencers was pushing election misinformation in posts on X sponsored by Polymarket, a popular online prediction market.

After Monday’s investigation gained traction, Polymarket determined that the X posts violated its policies.

“Our existing marketing guidelines explicitly prohibit affiliates from providing misleading or false information, and we will continue to monitor and ensure compliance with our paid contributors,” Polymarket told Popular Information in a Wednesday statement.

As of Wednesday afternoon, seven of the Polymarket-sponsored X posts flagged by Popular Information had been deleted entirely, six had the “Paid Partnership” label removed, and three had not been changed.

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UPDATE: Polymarket ends sponsorship of election misinformation On Monday, Popular Information revealed that a network of at least 16 online influencers was pushing election misinformation in posts on X sponsored by Polymarket, a popular online prediction market.

Communities across the country are fighting new data center projects. But states are not just allowing these data centers to be built. In many cases, they are providing billions of dollars in tax breaks to incentivize data center construction.

Thirty-eight states offer companies some sort of tax incentive for data centers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Many of these tax breaks have been in place for years, but as the AI industry has grown exponentially, the cost of the tax breaks has ballooned. Some states are now forfeiting billions of dollars in tax revenue.

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How data centers are blowing a hole in state budgets States are paying billions to subsidize the AI boom

Polymarket promotes itself as a source of objective truth.

However, as Semafor first reported, in the wake of the California primary election last Tuesday, Polymarket has sponsored posts from far-right influencers on X pushing election conspiracies and disinformation.

Popular Information has uncovered a network of at least 16 influencers, with a collective audience of 13 million, publishing election-related misinformation in posts sponsored by Polymarket.

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Polymarket sponsoring election conspiracies from far-right influencers The prediction market promotes itself as a source of objective truth.

On Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House committee that the DOJ was “not moving forward” with Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund."

Many major media outlets, citing Blanche’s comments, quickly published headlines claiming that the fund was “dead” or had been “scrapped.”

This is not, however, what Blanche said.

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No, Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund isn't 'dead' How major media outlets got suckered.

In the last few years, rents across the United States have skyrocketed. According to a March report by Zillow, “rents have increased by 36.2%” since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rising rents in the U.S. are a complex problem. But one factor contributing to higher costs for renters is the concentration in ownership. According to a new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, private equity firms now own approximately 13% of apartment units in the U.S.

Private equity landlords can lead to higher rent prices, aggressive evictions, and lower quality of life, according to the report.

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One reason why the rent is too damn high In the last few years, rents across the United States have skyrocketed.