Polymarket let people bet on when Iran would strike Israel. A journalist who covered the war got death threats.

Polymarket let people bet on when Iran would strike Israel. A journalist who covered the war got death threats.

An Israeli journalist said he was the subject of death threats and offers of bribes by Polymarket users who wanted him to change a story.

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  • The prediction market Polymarket has few guardrails on what people can bet on.
  • An Israeli journalist said Polymarket use… [+4979 chars]
Polymarket let people bet on when Iran would strike Israel. A journalist who covered the war got death threats. - FHMnews