Silicon UK Article RatingDonald Trump Pardons Silk Road Ross Ulbricht | Silicon UK
- Bias Rating
12% Somewhat Conservative
- Reliability
60% ReliableFair
- Policy Leaning
44% Medium Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
-22% Negative
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
75% : "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump posted.69% : Ulbricht's conviction had become a cause célèbre in American libertarian circles, and Donald Trump had made a promise at the Libertarian Party National Convention during the 2024 United States presidential election to pardon Ulbrich.
38% : During his first few days in power, Trump has signed many executive orders including one delaying the ban on TikTok, and also pardoning and communing the prison sentences for the rioters who took part in the attempted insurrection on 6 January 2021.
32% : Now Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the notorious Silk Road darknet market, before it was closed down.
25% : "The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponisation of government against me," Trump added.
18% : Founder of criminal marketplace Silk Road also receives pardon from Donald Trump Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... US President Donald Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the jailed founder of Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were brought and sold.
14% : Trump pardon Now 12 years after the Silk Road takedown, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he has pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbrich.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
