Tori Elliott
@telliotter
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Reporting on tech platforms x power & unintended consequences @WIRED before: @restofworld @newhumanitarian. DM for Signal
http://vittoria-elliott.com
Joined June 2012
Elon Musk ‘Fully Endorses’ Donald Trump After Deadly Rally Shooting https://t.co/KMGW3dtYPh
wired.com
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Elon Musk posted on X after the incident.
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Arab and Muslim workers at Meta detail frustrations over Meta's handling of internal discussions on the Israel-Hamas war, worrying it led to bad product choices (Wired) https://t.co/lYOcjW9Pzd 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM
https://t.co/SqqWKFXd9w
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Wired: Arab and Muslim workers at Meta detail frustrations over Meta's handling of internal discussions on the Israel-Hamas war, worrying it led to bad product choices
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“It makes me sick that I work for this company.” Arab and Muslim employees spoke to WIRED about the internal issues they're facing, from watermelon cupcakes that were called "disruptive" to sources who say pro-Palestinian employees have been fired. https://t.co/p9m59O5b5B
wired.com
Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.
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SCOOP: Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee. https://t.co/Vb2SOZLAul
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Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.
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I'm chatting about how RFK Jr's campaign is capitalizing off the post-presidential debate chaos. https://t.co/3Wqff2Wqyo
wired.com
Since the presidential debate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign has heavily leaned into X and TikTok as part of its strategy to get the third-party candidate into the national conversation. It’s...
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Another week, another episode of @WIRED PoliticsLab podcast with me, @LeahFeiger, and @daithaigilbert
https://t.co/UpBWM6GLh7
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Listen to undefined from WIRED Politics Lab wherever you get your podcasts!
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SCOOP from me + @peard33: Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand, cracking down on employee speech internally and making it harder for employees to address real issues on the platforms https://t.co/1smDHEvQEB
wired.com
Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.
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Is Silicon Valley going MAGA? Well, it might not be as simple as some VCs have made it out to be. https://t.co/m8IQ2cRbse
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Venture capitalists on both sides of the aisle suggest Silicon Valley is more anti-Biden than it is pro-Trump.
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"China has the world’s most sophisticated system to censor the internet when it wants to....Yet the Chinese internet is laden with hate speech toward Japanese, Americans, Jews and Africans, as well as Chinese who are critical of the government."
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Violent attacks on foreigners have prompted a debate about extreme nationalism online in a country that heavily censors information the government bans.
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Calling it a “grave issue”, women's wing of Modi's BJP asks the National Commission for Women to launch an investigation after Reuters reported Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs. Commission doing the needful @MunsifV
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The women's wing of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party on Friday urged the National Commission for Women to launch an investigation after Reuters reported that Apple supplier Foxconn...
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Another important ruling out today, this one from the ICC, convicting Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz of war crimes in Mali during the 2012 jihadist takeover of Timbuktu. @WIRED
https://t.co/K6mCWeyaae
wired.com
A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international...
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New from me: In the Murthy v. Missouri ruling, SCOTUS says that the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana couldn't prove that government agencies pressured social platforms into making content moderation decisions. @WIRED
https://t.co/epUNe2ucno
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The SCOTUS ruling overturns an earlier injunction that prevented platforms from communicating with the government for more than a year.
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@FbdnStories led a coalition of 13 news organizations comprising 50 journalists who spent the last 4 months investigating the killing of more than 100 journalists in the Israel-Gaza war. 1/5 https://t.co/v3zXxrlqoM
forbiddenstories.org
Since October 7, more than 100 journalists have been killed. Forbidden Stories investigated their killings.
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Privately owned KTN TV station says it has received shutdown threats from the government for covering the on-going protests. https://t.co/67unYQ8uT1
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Indian authorities have authorized the prosecution of prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy, who is facing charges under India’s abusive counterterrorism law. The Indian government has routinely used the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act to silence critics.
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The Onion is bringing back our Writing Fellowship. This thing has produced some of the biggest names in comedy, at The Onion and elsewhere. It was a casualty of private equity. We're reviving it. A fellowship runs 6 months and includes health insurance. https://t.co/l9KuhEN8zS
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⏳ STARTING SOON | Join us for a virtual discussion featuring @bea_saab, @nighatdad, @telliotter, and @afivenson on how generative AI is helping authoritarians tip the scales against democracy and accelerate harmful narratives: https://t.co/8oeGPE544d
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🔴 LIVE NOW | Join us for a virtual discussion featuring @bea_saab, @nighatdad, @telliotter, and @afivenson on how generative AI is helping authoritarians tip the scales against democracy and accelerate harmful narratives: https://t.co/8oeGPE544d
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My amazing colleagues @dmehro and @timmarchman have a banger out today on Perplexity and the bullshit behind AI magic:
wired.com
A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.
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