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    Feb 14

    A common mistake I see people making on Twitter is trying to have a conversation about anything

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    12 hours ago

    🚨 It's official: Facebook whistleblower testifying before Senate next week

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  3. 18 hours ago

    I’m sorry what

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  4. 18 hours ago

    New Facebook File dropped

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    22 hours ago

    Can we pressure YouTube to release their research too, please?

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  6. Sep 27

    I think Facebook should release all of the Facebook Files to the public and share at least some of the underlying data with researchers. There’s so much in there that is of the public interest. And it’s the right thing to do.

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  7. Sep 27

    At the Beverly Hilton for the Code Conference and worrying that this year ⁦⁩ has gone TOO far

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  8. Sep 26

    Absolutely bananas story about the mysterious media company Ozy from

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  9. Retweeted
    Sep 26
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    teenage girls say Facebook makes them "more aware of the news" and "more connected to brands." However, Facebook has some work to do in the area of "Making Me Want to Die"

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  10. Sep 26

    Stop telling us what’s on the slides and just publish them so we can all read for ourselves

    Contrary to The Wall Street Journal’s characterization, Instagram's research shows that on 11 of 12 well-being issues, teenage girls who said they struggled with those difficult issues also said that Instagram made them better rather than worse.
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  11. Sep 26

    My friend told me he was “playing a game of whack-a-mole” and I said “it’s pronounced ‘guacamole’” and now he won’t talk to me

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  12. Retweeted
    Sep 24

    one of my neighbors recently put up this sign. it’s become the neighborhood’s latest attraction

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  13. Retweeted
    Sep 25

    "We are already in a constitutional crisis. The destruction of democracy might not come until November 2024, but critical steps in that direction are happening now."

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    Sep 23

    Prof. Kerr has provided an excellent write-up of something that mostly escaped notice but that is really a big deal. Tl;DR: In order to service a laudable goal, supporting international justice in Myanmar, a judge in DC gutted one of the most important US privacy laws.

    Provider-deleted files and contents are not protected by the Stored Comm's Act, DDC rules per MJ Faruqui. In effect, if a provider moderates contents, all private messages and e-mails deleted can be freely disclosed and are no longer private. Thread.
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  15. Sep 23

    As an aside, a year ago today I announced with this blog post. Everything since has been a dream come true. Thank you to all of you for subscribing and supporting independent journalism 💪🏻

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  16. Sep 23

    I wrote about how NFT profiles could be the next big thing invented by Twitter users

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  17. Sep 23

    If these founders ever break up, I’d like to call dibs on the headline “Ocrolus Rift”

    . has raised $80M at a $500M+ valuation in a round led by . The startup works with companies such as Brex, PayPal, SoFi and Plaid to automate document processing and aims to help lenders make “faster, data-driven decisions.”
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  18. Sep 23

    I hope that eventually tech companies will compete for talent on the basis of perks like "we will not hire a former CIA agent to rifle through your personal device when we suspect you of telling people about our crimes”

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  19. Sep 23

    There’s been some great reporting lately on what corporations like Google do to catch leakers. More like this, please

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    Sep 21

    Pressing both at the same time takes a screenshot

    A toilet with the two button flusher
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    Sep 23

    NEW: Ahead of Germany’s election I wanted to learn more about the country’s unique internet hate speech law. The struggle there to reduce abuse and harassment online has some important lessons.

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