Nilay Patel predicts The Verge will publish a story explaining the equal signs redactions in the Epstein files by the following week.
“by next week, we will have a a good answer. We will have a story about what's going on with equal signs.”
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disputableThe Verge publishes an article explaining the meaning of the equal signs in the Epstein files.
Resolution
Marked correct on Jul 25, 2026.
The Verge published an article titled "Why are Epstein's emails full of equals signs?" explaining the technical/encoding error behind the equal signs, matching the predicted story. · "It may seem like a secret code, but the answer might be an oddly specific technical error." — https://www.theverge.com/policy/879016/epstein-files-emails-text-errors-encoding (tier 2, undated)
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