Congrats to this ⁦The Pulitzer Prizes⁩ winning team for their series on AR -15, the gun of choice for mass killers. So many on ⁦Peter Wallsten⁩ team that they covered the length of the ⁦The Washington Post⁩ #PulitzerWall

Congratulation to Peter Wallsten and his The Washington Post team for their amazing reporting on the gun of choice of mass killers -- the AR 15

Newish: Meta's Oversight Board is preparing to slash jobs. Staffers were told last week that their jobs were at risk, according to people familiar with the matter. Cuts could exacerbate the board's ability to issue decisions and opinions quickly.
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Sources: Meta's Oversight Board told some staff last week that their jobs were at risk, likely adding to its challenges after criticism for moving too slowly (@naominixwrites / Washington Post)

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new: 100s of regular ppl who criticized Israel's actions in Gaza had personal details revealed by StopAntisemitism. ~ 3 dozen were fired after being featured on its Twitter feed. 'The intent here is not just to punish but also to have a chilling effect'
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Today's The Washington Post Sunday front page features my story on Sen. Cantwell & data privacy negotiations:

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Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas. Great read from Nitasha Tiku and Pranshu Verma
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Today the Supreme Court will weigh if the Biden administration’s efforts to combat online misinformation violated the First Amendment.

But politicians from both parties have sought to work the refs at social media companies. Story w/ Naomi Nix and Ann Marimow…

unbelievable details in this new Cat Zakrzewski yarn. NIST, the agency charged with overseeing AI, works in a building beset by black mold, bad wifi, and the occasional garter snake, leaks destroyed an electron microscope necessary for semiconductor research, and the…

NEW: The Biden administration’s AI safety plan hinges on a crumbling federal lab, where employees are dealing with power blackouts, shaky internet and a snake.

Sources say NIST’s funding challenges could jeopardize the White House’s plans to evaluate AI risks:…

Social Media day at the Supreme Court --> Follow live at the The Washington Post and learn from the bylines: Cristiano Lima-Strong Naomi Nix Cat Zakrzewski Patrick Marley Ann Marimow washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Foreign propaganda accounts aiming to affect US elections are flourishing on X, which isn't participating in info-sharing meetings with other social platforms (Washington Post)

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Last year, Meta identified 150 artificial influence accounts on X. 136 were still present as of last night. One has a blue check and over a million followers. This & more on foreign influence ops on X, with Joseph Menn Aaron Schaffer Naomi Nix

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The announcers make this way more stressful. It's like I actually understand the game.

And now the whole reason I'm even watching this game

Oversight Board rebukes Meta’s policies after altered Biden video spreads — via ⁦Naomi Nix⁩ washingtonpost.com/technology/202…