Cuttings: The true face of X political influencers
Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product
Posts about the company formerly known as Meta, but trying to pretend it didn't rename itself for the Metaverse…
Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
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.
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.
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…
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?
And this might matter to local journalism. Plus: has The Telegraph found a buyer? And the mysteries of algospeak.