The law catches up with Sam Bankman-Fried
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested and charged days after telling our reporter Joe Tidy he was confident he would avoid prosecution. We discuss the question Joe asked Sam - has he killed crypto?
Also this week: the dismayed reaction of the global charities that sat on Twitter's now disbanded Trust and Safety Council. As China goes to the World Trade Organisation over the USA's restrictions on its semi-conductor industry, we ask if there is any end in sight to the so-called chip wars. And, the actor Andonis Anthony on what is it like bringing a video game character to life.
(Photo: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas, 13 December 2022. Credit: Mario Duncanson/AFP/Getty Images)
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| 0:45.9 | welcome. Unlike where Sam Bankman Fried finds himself this week, he's behind bars, |
| 0:50.4 | awaiting trial on fraud charges following the collapse of his crypto platform FTX. |
| 0:56.0 | One of the last journalists he spoke to before being arrested was our very own Joe Tidy. |
| 1:00.8 | We'll speak to Joe in a moment. |
| 1:02.9 | Also this week, the BBC's disinformation specialist on Twitter dissolving its trust and safety council. |
| 1:09.1 | Why, wherever you are in the world, |
| 1:13.1 | you should care about the intensifying chip war. |
| 1:14.6 | And... And the thing? |
| 1:18.1 | The one thing you've got to do? |
| 1:20.2 | To think. |
| 1:21.0 | Not just to think. |
| 1:22.0 | To feel. |
| 1:22.8 | To feel like your prey feels. |
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