After almost four years at The Washington Post, my role was eliminated this week along with hundreds of other talented journalists. It’s a cliche to say but this job was a dream come true. Thanks to my brilliant reporter friends and talented editors who made the stories stronger and banter funnier.

What’s it like to be a whistleblower? @naominix.bsky.social talks with tech whistleblowers, including @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social, about what life looks like after speaking truth to power. In our latest newsletter 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/new-year-n...

New: Instagram pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back even after critics said it wasn’t safe, according to records recently reviewed by the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: After exposing the harms of Big Tech, many whistleblowers say they faced poorer job prospects and professional exile in Silicon Valley. They have no regrets. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: To compete with OpenAI's Pulse, Meta is testing a new product that would give Facebook users a personalized, AI-powered information briefing www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian but that doesn't mean they get more traction online. Analysis @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Both Republicans and Democrats have long sought to "work the refs" at social media companies that decide which speech should stay up or be taken down. See this oldie but goodie on jawboning /w ‪@cqzakrz.bsky.social‬ www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

A teen told Meta researchers his brother, then under 10, had been sexually propositioned through Meta's VR headsets multiple times. Their boss told them to delete the evidence, they said. That's one example in our new investigation about Meta's crack down on internal research.

His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time. How a metastatic cancer patient became collateral damage in federal workforce cuts www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

New(ish): Meta agreed to pay $14.8B for a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence data firm Scale AI, per person familiar. We are confirming reports in NYT, Bloomberg and The Information. Deal could be announced as soon as today. /w @nitasha.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

As the Trump administration posts through its mass deportation push, viral images from protests and raids are amping up outrage on both sides. W @drewharwell.com and @naominix.bsky.social

New: A tighter job market for tech and lower corporate tolerance for employee activism have stifled the once boisterous worker-led movements in Silicon Valley on everything from AI safety to the Israel-Gaza war. /w @nitasha.bsky.social & Trisha Thadani www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Pulitzer winner @anntelnaes.bsky.social "resigned in early January after a top editor rejected one of her cartoons — a depiction of Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with other business moguls, bowing before a statue of Trump, offering up bags of money" www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

the coverage was led by our climate team's @bradydennis.bsky.social, brianna sacks and @byscottdance.com on the ground in NC, w/ assists from @samueloakford.bsky.social in visual forensics and my tech colleagues @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com et al www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

not a big Prize Guy but proud to have played a role on the @washingtonpost.com team that was named a Pulitzer finalist in National Reporting today for our coverage of Hurricane Helene, including the social media-fueled storm of lies that followed in its wake www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024...

A belated thank you to everyone who is putting up with Media Tour Faiz this week. I assure you regular programming will resume soon. But as a special treat, you may now see the cover of the Italian edition, which is out now!!

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You may have seen a lot of headlines this morning about Meta's @oversightboard.bsky.social latest rulings but there was one officials there clearly didn't want you to read

Exclusive: Following President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on China, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.

A few takeaways from Zuck so far: -FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson has really pressed Zuck on the main goal of Facebook, using his own words and company documents. He argues that Facebook has always been about connecting friends and family. -Zuck says the goal is also to entertain and inform.

FTC's first witness is Mark Zuckerberg

We'll be continuously updating our coverage of today's hearing of FTC's landmark antitrust case. Opening arguments largely followed their legal briefs www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

On Sunday, we published an exclusive story about the extraordinary lengths Meta was willing to take to censor content in order to convince the CCP to allow Facebook to enter China. They were ultimately, unsuccessful. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk’s DOGE Service has dismantled government agencies, stripped down the federal workforce and gained access to sensitive government data — all in an attempt, he says, to “restore democracy.” Here are the major legal questions about the group’s actions.

Using my “personal liberties” to repost this

Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post opinion page will no longer publish viewpoints opposing personal liberties and free markets. In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.

New: Meta is one of several tech companies that have made chronic layoffs routine. This is fundamentally changing the way workers see their jobs, which may offer a preview of what's to come for the federal government's workforce, if Elon has his way: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New: Beijing is increasingly likely to take a hard-line approach, letting TikTok’s U.S. operations die rather than approving a sale as it holds out for a “grand deal” with the Trump administration via Elizabeth Dwoskin, me, and @drewharwell.com

As I listened to Mark Zuckerberg's all hands yesterday, I was struck by how different his rhetoric was compared to his Joe Rogan interview. We'll have to see how he balances appealing to increasingly disparate audiences from bro podcasters to Meta workers. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

i've always thought community notes was a clever idea but this is spoken like someone who doesn't use X www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

ICYMI: In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes behind the scenes. But led by Republican policy executive Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides — and is going all-in on MAGA. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"A signal that Meta is willing to do whatever it takes to appease this administration" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @naominix.bsky.social @cqzakrz.bsky.social

From @willoremus.com and @naominix.bsky.social. Good coverage of @newsguard.bsky.social's situation, as well as the broader assault on the important work in this area that has been ongoing for some time now.

Supreme Court is a go on TikTok review. Jan. 10., nine days before the banhammer was set to drop. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... @amarimow.bsky.social

What is going on with Apple AI, truly. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dines with Trump following months of exhibiting a more conciliatory tone towards the president elect. A company spokesperson says Zuckerberg "was grateful for the invitation." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating Meta, the company disclosed, in a probe that seems to involve financial data and ads. The agency could sue, but final decision hasnt been made. w/ @naominix.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"The New York Times has obtained recordings of more than 400 of those meetings, over 400 hours of conversations, along with additional documents and training materials. It is a trove that provides an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at how misinformation is used to manufacture a movement."

"As a target of vicious and persistent online sexual harassment, Harris has a perspective that is unique in presidential politics... Now, some activists hope that as president, Harris would be uniquely positioned to bring attention to a long-ignored issue." - @naominix.bsky.social

As Arturo Béjar prepares to testify in front of the Senate, I talked to @washingtonpost.com and @naominix.bsky.social about the dangers of indiscriminately building products targeting youth markets without accounting for their rights - safety, privacy, expression.

New paper about participatory disinformation around the 2020 US election, improvisation, and online influencers. Teaser: maybe you’ve read the recent articles about the multi-dimensional harassment my colleagues and I have been receiving… here’s some of the research inspiring that harassment.

I spoke to more than 24 current and former Meta workers about the morale crisis boiling inside the Silicon Valley giant. Despite a rosy Q1, workers say their CEO has long way to go to win back their trust. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/30/mark-zuckerberg-meta-layoffs/

If i join now, can I still maintain my rep as a middle adopter?