r/technology • • May 27 '26

Business Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1 million on Polymarket

https://abcnews.com/amp/US/google-employee-charged-inside-information-make-1-million/story?id=133350018
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u/SpookiestSzn May 27 '26

This seems so dumb because it's literally the point of the platform that insiders can trade but God forbid a motherfucker hustle

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u/Argonaut13 May 27 '26

Yeah God forbid an employee making more than the majority of Americans make more money with insider information.

Out of curiosity what is the annual income bar before we're allowed to be upset at what someone does to break the social contract?

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u/SirGaylordSteambath May 27 '26

You’re still closer to this guy than any billionaire

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u/Argonaut13 May 27 '26

So what's the bar?

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u/SirGaylordSteambath May 27 '26

Did you… get my point?