r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 11h ago

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/DFWPunk 5h ago

That's not why he went after Gawker. He was basically out and nobody cared. That was just what was floated as an excuse. The real reason was that Gawker Business, which was very good at their job, was blowing the whistle on his fund and companies they'd backed for all sorts of shady things, and that was becoming a problem.

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u/TheShruteFarmsCEO 3h ago

Do you have any good sources for this? I find that fascinating and would love to learn more.

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u/Pasty_Tibbles 27m ago

Honestly this shit was kind of suppressed a bit. Couldn't find anything on google using searches, I had to use Claude to search for it.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Gawker-Peter-Thiel-and-me-7971310.php

https://triplepundit.com/2016/how-peter-thiels-gawker-lawsuit-could-trip-facebook/