Meta's board opposed a 2018 privacy committee proposal a year before the FTC ordered one
Meta's board rejected a 2018 shareholder call to study a privacy risk committee a year before the FTC fined the company $5 billion, an ICCR memo says. Outside holders backed the request at 45%, but Mark Zuckerberg's voting control cut the recorded tally to 11.55%, so the board's win mostly measured his vote.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives65
- Confidence45
Anthropic's seven co-founders would hold 50.1% of the post-IPO vote under a plan The Information reported, while owning about 14% of the company. For teams building on Claude, that leaves the company's course with the people who run it now once its stock trades.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives60
- Confidence50
Speculation on a bid for Gemini's licences persists, but founders' $14 May stake buy signals no rush to sell
Gemini's second-quarter exchange revenue fell 38% to $12.5 million and spot volume fell 66% to $3.8 billion while the stock sits just over $5 against a $28 listing. Two founders control 94.5% of the votes.
Reality
- Evidence54
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives58
- Confidence46
Anthropic's answer to a 2 percent stake: hand the founders extra votes
A supervoting share class and a board-appointing trust would let seven founders with a modest combined stake keep the final word after a listing that could be among the largest ever.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives68
- Confidence48
SpaceX's price is set by a lockup calendar, and Musk's 6.4bn shares do not clear until 2027
A staggered unlock schedule runs to Q2 2027, per cryptobriefing.com. August's tranche was 911.5m shares; Musk's block is about seven times bigger and still months out.
Reality
- Evidence24
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+42
- Incentives58
- Confidence23