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  1. Apr 22

    Must-read from on the shifting dynamic for fast food workers, who are becoming increasingly willing to go on strike:

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  2. Apr 13

    Strong piece by in collaboration with . (That’s right folks, this was literally a “Holmes and Watson” joint.)

    Watch the full investigation with tonight at 2230 on or read more
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    Apr 13

    Again & again & again, UK nat'l security brass were warned that their counter-terrorism database was USELESS They rolled it out anyway—at great expense. And then came the Ariana Grande concert & one of the deadliest years in memory.

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    Apr 13

    "We can't stop every terrorist attack... but please stop the ones that wave at you." Andrew Roussos, father of Saffie-Rose, the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack, responds to and Buzzfeed's investigation into the flaws of a key intelligence database

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    Apr 13

    An intelligence database used by police to investigate extremists was "not fit for purpose", a former counter-terrorism police officer tells and Buzzfeed Tony Thorne says the NCIA produced inconsistent results and could permanently delete evidence during pilots

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  6. Apr 12

    Published in collaboration with the excellent :

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  7. Apr 12

    What learned when he went looking for the answer himself:

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  8. Apr 12

    What the government told when he asked for documents on a "nine figure" counterterror program called the National Common Intelligence Application:

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    Apr 12

    🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 "Not fit for purpose" A cache of secret documents and insiders reveal how the UK rolled out a flawed counter terror intelligence-sharing system right as the UK suffered one of its deadliest years from terrorism.

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  10. Apr 12

    Monster investigation from ⁦⁩: The UK government was warned for years its new counterterror program was a disaster. Then the Manchester bombing happened:

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    Apr 11

    NEW: A nearly decade-long effort by me & to unseal certain court records related to electronic surveillance ended late last month after a federal court issued a standing order that details the process for making the records publicly accessible.

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    Apr 8

    Ukrainians are risking their lives to save pets and zoo animals left behind in the chaos of war, as reports:

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    Apr 6

    Really sums it up that Worldcoin's head of growth for Africa has this George Patton quote in the About section of his LinkedIn page: “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”

    I, for one, and shocked, SHOCKED that a crypto startup based around a retina-scanning device called an "Orb" that is scanning as many retinas as possible in Africa and Asia in exchange for future payment in a token called "Worldcoin" is... having problems
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    Apr 6

    So many wild quotes in this story -- "Just tell people it’s free money" "What do you think this is? A disco ball?" "involuntary Orb return" "The question is, is this a digital currency company, or is this a data broker?" "they are using us as lab rats for trial n error"

    New from me and : We wrote about Worldcoin, Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto startup. The company's distributors, which sign people up using a mysterious device called an Orb, have faced arrests, harassment and late payments.
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    Apr 5

    I, for one, and shocked, SHOCKED that a crypto startup based around a retina-scanning device called an "Orb" that is scanning as many retinas as possible in Africa and Asia in exchange for future payment in a token called "Worldcoin" is... having problems

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    Apr 5

    Worldcoin Promised Free Crypto If They Scanned Their Eyeballs With “The Orb.” Now They Feel Robbed.

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    Apr 4

    In 2017, ByteDance scraped content from Instagram & Snap and used it to make fake accounts on Flipagram, a BD-owned TikTok predecessor, according to former employees and documents. One source says the scraping affected hundreds of thousands of accounts.

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    Apr 2

    Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin, our friend and colleague, was found dead April 1, killed by Russian forces near Kyiv. I knew Max, a father of 4, since we began covering the war in 2014. He was brave, talented, and dedicated to covering this story. I can’t believe he’s gone.

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    Mar 31

    I wrote about the gauntlet that is modern-day teaching in America

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    Mar 25

    This morning, for BFN's body week, I'm publishing a story very close to my heart: Giving Up On A Perfect Recovery Actually Helped Me Heal From My Eating Disorder

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