Cuttings
Cuttings: The true face of X political influencers
Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product
AI
Sit quietly and read time: AI, Meta, money and… Tintin?
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
Book recommendations: Drax & Meta
How money from the slave trade is still influencing British politics — and the inside story of the people in Facebook that ended up upending society.
AI
Meta pirated books — and trained AI on them.
And it looks like some of mine were in there.
The humour and morality void at the heart of Meta
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
Rule 1: Never trust Facebook
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.
Social Media
The post X-battle: Threads is down, but not out
The fight to capture ex-X users heats up, as Meta, the sleeping giant, wakes up and realises that it has a blue butterfly problem…
Threads
How Threads got tangled
Meta's Twitter clone is struggling with engagement bait and over-zealous moderation. Meanwhile, has The Economist figured out how to attract Gen Z without TikTok?
Meta
Facebook woos the kids
And this might matter to local journalism. Plus: has The Telegraph found a buyer? And the mysteries of algospeak.
Threads
How many people are you?
Meta is up to its old tricks, the WordPress meltdown continues, and Shorts aren't long enough, it seems. Happy Monday!
Facebook is done with our shit, frankly
It's never easy being dumped. But Meta has dumped us good and hard. We need to accept that — and move on.
Social Media
News Roundup: De-politicising Threads and profitable Indies
Another round-up of audience news, derived from my sessions with my Audience Strategy students at City, University of London.