Sources: in August, Andy Jassy called Donald Trump to outline Amazon's plans, and Trump said Amazon should cut him a large check for his presidential efforts
Executives at companies founded by the billionaire Post owner have sought contact with Trump. He argues he didn't end presidential endorsements out of self-interest. X: @drewharwell , @quinnypig , @m...
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real-time content, the fediverse, and more
Programming note: With this post, we now go on a short summer break. See you back here July 15. — A year ago this week, Meta introduced Threads to the world. Threads: @mosseri , @drewharwell , @kur...
X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads
While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week … Threads: @joanwestenberg , @joanwestenberg , @theromit , @moskov , @drewharwell , @...
Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022
X usage has declined as downloads of Threads have surged in recent weeks. — The number of people using X daily is falling … Threads: @lorakolodny , @georgescriban , @clarajeffery , @chancerydaily , ...
Angry constituents flood congressional offices with calls following TikTok's push notification asking users to call their representatives about a possible ban
Tiktok is owned by an adversary of the US. But so is Microsoft, Meta, Google, Twitter, Amazon, and most of the other tech giants. … X: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : Some Congressional offices ha...
Arc Search's Browse for Me feature, which creates custom webpages with search result summaries, faces a backlash over concerns about losing monetizable traffic
Pranav Dixit / Engadget : Threads: @thatadamguy , @fabiobracht , @paul_rietschka , @mcwm , @ezra , @crumbler , @drewharwell , and @jstaal X: @brianfagioli , @bilalbudhani , @gergelyorosz , @gergelyor...
In a now-deleted November 28 post and on November 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016
in other words, implying that the debunking was BS because the journo was corrupt ergo Pizzagate is real. … Renato Mariotti / @renato.mariotti : Elon Musk has moved on from promoting antisemitism to ....
Inside Bryce Adams and Brian Adam's OnlyFans empire run from a $2.5M Florida compound: ~$10M in annual revenue and a $1M+ payroll; Adams' OF has $16.5M in sales
SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA — In the mornings, the workers of Bryce Adams's OnlyFans empire buzz in through a camera-wired security gate … X: @pranshuverma_ , @drewharwell , @merylkornfield , and @oknox X: P...
Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until January 8
In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Mastodon: @GottaLaff@mastod...
Experts warn about pedophiles using generative AI to create CSAM, leading to thousands of images on dark web forums; some question whether laws cover the images
Drew Harwell / Washington Post : Twitter: @drewharwell and @richardhanania Twitter: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : New: AI-generated images of child sex abuse are being made and traded by the thousand...