Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak calls out YouTube over rampant scam videos

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reflected on how the internet, which was once a tool for empowerment, has now become a fertile ground for fraud, in a recent chat. In an interview with CBS, Wozniak said the computer revolution he helped start was good until the internet offered new business models, in ways that companies exercise power over other people. Steve Wozniak spoke about the prevalence of internet scams in a recent interview.(Bloomberg) “That’s when some of the bad started happening,” Wozniak noted. Bitcoin scam hits close to home A YouTube scam used clips of Wozniak discussing bitcoin, falsely promising to double any cryptocurrency sent to a displayed address. Victims, including Jennifer Marion, collectively lost large sums: Marion alone sent 0.9 bitcoin, which was then valued at $59,000 and received nothing in return. Speaking about it, Wozniak’s wife, Janet, said the scammers had put a frame in the video, making false claims with a bitcoin address. This, she told CBS, was a tell-tale sign of it being a fraud. Despite reporting the video repeatedly, it stayed up. “YouTube is helping dupe people out of their money,” she said. Also read: Southeast Wisconsin weather radar: Flash flood warnings issued in Milwaukee and
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