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“You've got your whole life to do something, and that's not very long.”
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Ryan Tate
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Resonant and important distillation of a unique approach to journalism. I know first hand how much these principles have inspired and been embraced by
@themarkup
staff.
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Julia Angwin
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On my departure, I thought I would reflect on the ten lessons I learned leading these investigations. /4 themarkup.org/hello-world/20
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When we reveal staggering collection by Meta's Pixel — of people's medical conditions, tax refunds, addictions — the organizations responsible often didn't know what they were doing. So here's how to audit your own Meta Pixel usage (before we do!):
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In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem – The Markup
It’s time to be proactive about user privacy. Find out if you’re sending too much data to Facebook—or if you need to send data at all
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Laura Poitras just received her 3rd Oscar nomination for Best Documentary, for her film about anti-Sackler activism and opioids. A frontrunner to win, it'd be her 2nd Oscar (after CitizenFour). It's hard to find many people with accomplishments that match hers. Congrats, Laura!
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Freedom of the Press
@FreedomofPress
Congratulations to Laura Poitras—founding board member of @FreedomofPress and ardent defender of journalists' rights everywhere—on her 2023 Oscar nomination! Her documentary ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED is incredible, and everyone should go see it. faroutmagazine.co.uk/laura-poitras-
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Jess Bravin
@JessBravin
May it please the Court: Encrypted materials may be sent in confidence to 4748@protonmail.com
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
Timely, practical advice on how to send sensitive documents to reporters* *(if you are a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) theintercept.com/2023/01/22/sup
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jeremy scahill
@jeremyscahill
Political elites regularly take/improperly handle classified documents. Sandy Berger, Trump, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Petraeus, etc. Compare the consequences of their actions to those of principled whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, Daniel Hale, Reality Winner, Edward
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Elise Swain
@eliseswain
I spent months speaking with Sabri al-Qurashi, who has suffered from the US “war on terror” for two decades. He’s an innocent Yemeni man who was thrown in #Guantánamo and then dumped in Kazakhstan. His life there is excruciating. Story is here ⬇️
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Sabri al-Qurashi Has Lived Without Legal Status in Kazakhstan Since His 2014 Guantánamo Release
He was promised his freedom, but, with no U.S. pressure, his host country systematically denied him any semblance of normal life.
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“Had they caught these people before, this guy wouldn’t be a murderer and Elijah Newman would be alive.” Just weeks after riders carjacked Uber driver Brian Blagoue, a Lyft driver was killed in the exact same spot. This might have been prevented.
themarkup.org
When Drivers Are Attacked, Uber Leaves Police Waiting for Help – The Markup
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks
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Sisi Wei
@sisiwei
This latest piece by
@darakerr
is absolutely incredible. Not only is Uber slow to respond to law enforcement requests (literally “give out as little information as possible”), they've essentially created their “own justice system.”
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@themarkup
“Had they caught these people before, this guy wouldn’t be a murderer and Elijah Newman would be alive.” Just weeks after riders carjacked Uber driver Brian Blagoue, a Lyft driver was killed in the exact same spot. This might have been prevented. themarkup.org/working-for-an
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"There is no precedent in the United States for prosecuting a publisher of information — as opposed to a spy or a government official who leaked secrets — under the Espionage Act....[it] threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment"
nytimes.com
Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange
In a joint letter, news organizations warned that the indictment of Julian Assange “sets a dangerous precedent” that could chill reporting about matters of national security.
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Jon Keegan
@jonkeegan
New story by me in The Markup: Political campaigns are using your phone's location data to target you with ads. Experts say these efforts could enable the spread of misinformation and even suppress votes. 🧵1/10
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How Political Campaigns Use Your Phone’s Location to Target You – The Markup
Before you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
On yet another day when we discuss the plans of billionaires to reshape online media, this obituary is a reminder of the enduring power of an authentically human voice, to delight, subvert, and educate. The web is still here, just as in 2009, to magnify that power.
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Kim Severson
@kimseverson
Sad news. Here’s our obit on Julie Powell, who changed food writing forever. nytimes.com/2022/11/01/din
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Sisi Wei
@sisiwei
⚡️ I can finally share that
@keaux_
and
@ryantate
are joining
@TheMarkup
as editors! I'm so excited that they'll be bringing even more great leadership, empathy, investigative instincts and skills, and knowledge to the team and all our work together. themarkup.org/inside-the-mar
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The Markup
@themarkup
Some exciting news: @keaux_ and @ryantate are joining our team as editors! Ko and Ryan bring decades of experience working on stories that expose injustice and hold power to account. Join us in welcoming them. themarkup.org/inside-the-mar
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@ryantate
I'm really excited and honored to be working with all the incredibly bright and talented people
@themarkup
, including
@keaux_
and editor in chief
@sisiwei
!
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The Markup
@themarkup
Some exciting news: @keaux_ and @ryantate are joining our team as editors! Ko and Ryan bring decades of experience working on stories that expose injustice and hold power to account. Join us in welcoming them. themarkup.org/inside-the-mar
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@ryantate
"Black people were instrumental in developing a thriving cooperative movement... Today, co-ops are often dismissed as offbeat boutiques frequented by hippies and the upper classes, while the vast majority of us shop in supermarkets."
jacobin.com
The Secret Anti-Socialist History of Supermarkets
Supermarkets are staples of our lives. But their emergence in America was far from automatic: the supermarket was used as a key piece of anti-communist propaganda early in the twentieth century...
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
Thank you to the Intercept’s superb senior news editor, who fields pitches with aplomb, and has the best Rolodex in the business… see why it was so hard to leave?
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Ali Gharib
@Ali_Gharib
Ryan Tate is the type of journalist, colleague, and friend we can all aspire to be. twitter.com/ryantate/statu…
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
With their help, I developed the inner resolve I needed to let go of old versions of my workplace and job as new ones emerged. This was another lesson: Amid rapid change you need to be able to let go of old visions of how the world works, even if it feels a little like death.
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
But I was lucky: my amazingly talented coworkers were also incredibly generous and kind. Amid the turbulence, they were there for me and one another. These people meant more than any ideal that brought me here. Our bonds even more than our beliefs allowed us to accomplish things.
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
We came with stars in our eyes and ideals in our hearts, and found that change in media was even more relentless than we'd expected. Not just for us; downstairs from Intercept, Gawker Media went from profitable and thriving to bankrupt because a billionaire disliked its reporting
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
I was recently laid off from The Intercept. Helping build the publication as tech and deputy editor over the past 7.5 years meant so much to me. We moved our family to New York because we believed deeply in the mission. Here's what I learned about following your dream like that:
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@ryantate
With Russian forces pouring into Ukraine, Facebook rethinks its strategy of banning all praise of certain groups. Is it OK to compliment a neonazi for defending your country against invasion? Do you trust Facebook to answer that?
@samfbiddle
's scoop:
theintercept.com
Facebook Allows Praise of Neo-Nazi Ukrainian Battalion If It Fights Russian Invasion
The reversal raises questions about Facebook’s blacklist-based content moderation, which critics say lacks nuance and context.
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
The fact that this is a great tech story snuck up on me. It’s definitely about culture, politics, history, and New York, but also about constraints and innovation in a particular moment, resonating in particular communities
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Sandra E. Garcia
@S_Evangelina
Brandy snifter portraits are a motif of the working class. I wrote about how the mayor’s portrait of his mother connects him to working class New Yorkers, who are often shut out of City Hall, but never stop toiling for progress. On today’s front page: nytimes.com/2022/01/09/nyr
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Ryan Tate
@ryantate
Mai Khoi's been complaining to Facebook about the Vietnamese government's brigading behavior since 2018;
@samfbiddle
revealed extensive details a year ago; the company announces action only today.
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@ryantate
From the "first-ever leak of 'Top secret' (绝密) statements by a Chinese head of state in the history of the PRC"
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Adrian Zenz
@adrianzenz
The files show that Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and another former central government official directly and indirectly demanded policies that were then implemented, esp. after 2016: - Internments - Coercive labor transfers - Centralized boarding education - Birth control /3
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