Drew Harwell / is on Nostr

Washington Post tech reporter

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2024-03-21 16:51:43

New: Trump Media, launched after the insurrection, faces a rebellion of its own. Four lawsuits in three states involving its co-founders and former money man could imperil its long-delayed merger - and a potential Trump lifeline, given his $500M in legal fines. These court filings, I tell you, are truly something else: raw, personal and very, very angry
Gift link here: https://drewharwell.com/truth-socials-civil-war/

2023-08-15 19:13:50

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Substack’s cofounders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi tell me in a statement: "Substack was created in direct response to this kind of behavior by social media companies" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
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2023-08-15 17:57:06

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First flagged on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130060

2023-08-15 17:56:33

New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes. Five-second delays on links to New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/ @npub1q5s…tkwr

2023-08-15 03:02:38

Iowa school district asked ChatGPT which books had sex in them, then banned them, including "Beloved," "Friday Night Lights" and "Handmaid's Tale." We must protect high schoolers from independent thought at all costs https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/

2023-07-04 16:33:47

New: Erica Marsh became one of the most consistently viral liberal accounts on Twitter. Only problem: She's probably fake. Her account was suspended after we asked Twitter workers about it. Doesn't this kind of rage baiting make you angry? Boost if you agree
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/04/twitter-erica-marsh-suspended/
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2023-04-05 01:08:30

"For the journalists who have come to rely on it, there is almost no indignity they won’t suffer to get their fix. ... The company was symbolically shitting all over them, and journalists couldn’t get enough" https://www.platformer.news/p/why-journalists-cant-quit-twitter #[0]

2023-04-02 19:04:59

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Musk had said old checkmarks would disappear as of yesterday but #[0] is one of the very few affected so far, possibly because the badges have to be removed one by one.
Since Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, its ad revenue has plunged 90%
Free-to-read gift link: https://wapo.st/3ntG1Oz
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2023-04-02 17:41:51

New report from the bad place: Twitter removed #[0]' verified badge after Elon Musk saw a meme that said they won't pay for Twitter Blue. Latest chapter in his long grudge against the people who report on him. The Times tells me this morning they're still not planning to pay
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/02/twitter-newyorktimes-musk-verified-badge/

2023-03-30 12:50:36

Silicon Valley is laying off all of their "ethical AI" teams at exactly the moment we need them. If AI is a race that can win you billions of dollars, why pay someone to slow you down?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/tech-companies-cut-ai-ethics/
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