Ashton Kutcher

Co-Founder and General Partner, Sound Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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He is a tech investor who co-founded A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures, backing companies including Airbnb, Spotify, Uber, and GitLab. He is also an actor and co-founder of the child protection organization Thorn.

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5 assertions · 2 opinions · 1 insight · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Ashton argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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Assertion Supported

Kutcher argues architecture exists to bypass end-to-end encryption for CSAM.

“I think people need to realize and recognize that end to end encryption is great and valuable, but there's no reason why we can't create a carve out for this. And the architecture exists to create a carve out for this.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 19:48 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

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Everything Ashton Kutcher said on American Optimist that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Kutcher warns China could use TikTok to undermine US naval support.

“If I'm China and I want to create a problem in in in that area of the world specifically a Naval problem in that area of the world. I, in the South China sea, I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in a anti-US pro…”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 22:49 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Supported

Kutcher argues architecture exists to bypass end-to-end encryption for CSAM.

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 19:48 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Kutcher argues social networks must attach reputation scores to individual posts.

“I fundamentally believe that what we need more than anything is a social network that has a reputation score attached to every single post that an individual puts out in the world so that people will actually think about what it is that they're sharing and say…”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 27:38 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Opinion

Kutcher Sees Promise in Decentralized Social Networks with Token Reputation

“I think that there's some promise in the decentralized social networks that are being built, where there's actual currency that's associated with every post that people are putting out. And I think that that currency could start to represent a reputation score…”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 28:17 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Supported

Kutcher says his organization Thorn has identified 20,000 sexually exploited children.

“And to date, I don't have the exact numbers. I know that we've identified over 20,000 kids that are being sexually exploited.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 13:54 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Kutcher: Thorn Locates Eight Kids Daily Across Five Partner Companies

“And right now with our tool, we're finding eight kids a day. Which is like, and we are only in like five companies that are utilizing our tool.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 18:38 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Supported

Kutcher: Broken Foster Care Drives Incarceration, Trafficking, and Dropouts

“It's a wellspring for incarceration. It's a wellspring for human trafficking. It's a wellspring for child sexual exploitation. It's a wellspring for high school dropouts. It's a wellspring for early pregnancy.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 32:30 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Supported

Kutcher: Thorn's Spotlight tool is used across all 50 US states

“So we have one tool called spotlight that is used by in all of the states and law enforcement around the world to help identify trafficking victims and collaborate on caseload and prioritize caseload so that they can find the children first.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 13:02 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

Disclosure

Kutcher: Seeking investments in platforms with reputation scores

“I'm not, Building anything. I'm always looking for an investment that is a viable platform that associates a reputation score.”

Ashton Kutcher Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 28:04 Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale

The other half of the tape: Ashton Kutcher's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 3 episodes on American Optimist. every mention, with the transcript →

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