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Ali Breland

@alibreland
49 posts
2024-09-27
got temporarily locked out of twitter for posting about the jd vance dossier with a screenshot from his investments portion. it's not “private information” anymore [image]
2024-09-27 View on X
The Verge

X is blocking links to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter with a hacked JD Vance dossier and has suspended Klippenstein's X account for posting Vance's personal info

X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that's alleged to be the Trump campaign's research …

2023-04-13
i personally would have put a little more space in between signing this one and the other one about loosening child labor laws. just to try to avoid jokes like “we need to get kids off tik tok and into the mines,” etc. https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-13 View on X
CNN

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs a bill requiring that social media companies verify new users' ages and get a parent's consent for users under 18

2023-02-02
You've maybe heard of Kiwi Farms, one of the most destructive sites online, but what exactly was it? I spent years talking to victims and their friends and family, investigating how it destroyed people's lives and why it's still not dead yet https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2023-02-02 View on X
Mother Jones

Kiwi Farms, a forum for online harassment campaigns, has managed to stay online after being dropped by Cloudflare, as posters congregate on Telegram and Discord

If you or someone you care about may be at risk of suicide, call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline … Tweets: @ekp , @motherjones , @motherjones , @taylorlorenz , @br...

2023-01-26
no doubt, it's because twitter saw my new profile of nick fuentes in the four hours it's been up and had no choice but to do it to him. @elonmusk, need a twitter files on this pronto 👏 https://www.motherjones.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2023-01-26 View on X
The Daily Beast

After an uproar, Twitter suspends US white nationalist Nick Fuentes' verified account, one day after lifting the Holocaust denier's ban that began in July 2021

both of whom were central to the “Stop the Steal” movement that culminated in the January 6th attack on the Capitol—have been suspended again. https://twitter.com/... @bonchieredst...

I spent the last year reporting and writing about Nick Fuentes' alienated army of zoomers, influencer fascism, and why it's a mistake to assume younger generations are pre-destined to be progressive https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2023-01-26 View on X
The Daily Beast

After an uproar, Twitter suspends US white nationalist Nick Fuentes' verified account, one day after lifting the Holocaust denier's ban that began in July 2021

both of whom were central to the “Stop the Steal” movement that culminated in the January 6th attack on the Capitol—have been suspended again. https://twitter.com/... @bonchieredst...

2022-08-14
new: as crypto was tanking this past winter, coinbase quietly shut off email price alerts for some users. coinbase said it was testing a new feature. lawyers i spoke with said that this is potentially illegal https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2022-08-14 View on X
Mother Jones

Experts say Coinbase's decision to stop emailed price alerts during 2022's crypto crash likely contributed to retail investor losses and was potentially illegal

Ali Breland / Mother Jones :

2022-07-21
reddit doesn't put ads on r/ska, bc they agree it's not valuable. no money to be made from those bums https://www.marketingbrew.com/ ...
2022-07-21 View on X
Marketing Brew

Research: Reddit's brand-safety approach to monetization is cautious, labeling all subreddits as no_ads until a manual human review applies some_ads or all_ads

Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew : Tweets: @alibreland and @ryanbarwick Tweets: Ali Breland / @alibreland : reddit doesn't put ads on r/ska, bc they agree it's not valuable. no money...

2022-03-05
we really are all at the mercy of these private companies who make whatever moderation decisions that they want to. i don't have strong opinions on this specifically, but it's interesting to see telegram draw a line here, but mostly ignore open the neo-nazis across its platform https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-05 View on X
Politico

Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number

RT, in English, Spanish, Germany, French & Russia, have a colletive audience of over 1 million people via their official accounts. FWIW, these break EU sanctions https://www.politi...

2021-11-16
today i learned that swaths of the internet use furry and porn industry adoption of new technology as a litmus test for the legitimacy of that tech https://www.garbageday.email/ ...
2021-11-16 View on X
Garbage Day

As some Twitter users mock NFTs and Web3 believers retaliate, a16z, Meta, and others are investing in the crypto industry to remake the internet in their image

Read to the end for a really good supercut  —  Who Will Win The Web3 Culture War?  —  On Friday, I wrote about how furries …

2021-10-28
anyway, the whole list is interesting. lots of officers recruiting each other. gun shows were a big recruitment hub. there's some gems in there too like this one: https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-28 View on X
Mother Jones

Internal document from far-right militia Oath Keepers, with details on 25,000 members, shows Facebook was the most common way of discovering the group

Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  How does one come to join a militia? Tweets: @willoremus , @al...

new: a leaked oath keeper membership list shows how members say they found out about the militia before joining it. i analyzed the 18,000 entries in it. the most cited entrypoint? facebook https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2021-10-28 View on X
Mother Jones

Internal document from far-right militia Oath Keepers, with details on 25,000 members, shows Facebook was the most common way of discovering the group

Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  How does one come to join a militia? Tweets: @willoremus , @al...

youtube was also among the most cited. obviously social media alone wasn't the sole catalyst. you have to be into militias to see one and want to join it, but it's interesting. infowars, despite having a fraction of the reach, was the next most cited entrypoint
2021-10-28 View on X
Mother Jones

Internal document from far-right militia Oath Keepers, with details on 25,000 members, shows Facebook was the most common way of discovering the group

Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  How does one come to join a militia? Tweets: @willoremus , @al...

2021-10-07
facebook whistleblower frances haugen's leaks are important and great, but her recommendations for fixing fb during today's senate hearing (like creating federal unit of fb employees to regulate the company) are not so great. i wrote about it here: https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2021-10-07 View on X
Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense

I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company.  —  Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.

2021-10-06
facebook whistleblower frances haugen's leaks are important and great, but her recommendations for fixing fb during today's senate hearing (like creating federal unit of fb employees to regulate the company) are not so great. i wrote about it here: https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2021-10-06 View on X
Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being and argues that many of Frances Haugen's claims don't make sense

I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company.  —  Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you.

facebook whistleblower frances haugen's leaks are important and great, but her recommendations for fixing fb during today's senate hearing (like creating federal unit of fb employees to regulate the company) are not so great. i wrote about it here: https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2021-10-06 View on X
Mother Jones

During her testimony, Frances Haugen offered only weak remedies for Facebook's failures and specifically opposed breaking up the company

Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Leaks are generally good.

2021-10-01
lawmakers have generally been good in this hearing about being critical and rebutting facebook's efforts to try to retcon their screw ups that wsj and others have broken https://twitter.com/...
2021-10-01 View on X
TechCrunch

Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly

Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published … Source: Senate Commerce Committee .

2021-07-09
i love to take public walks with my good friends around the cul-de-sac https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-09 View on X
New York Times

Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  AN UGLY TRUTH Tweets: @carolleonnig , @marietjeschaake , @sarahfrier , @shee...

i love to take public walks with my good friends around the cul-de-sac https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-09 View on X
New York Times

Book excerpt shows how Zuckerberg and Sandberg's partnership deteriorated during the Trump era, as Zuckerberg increasingly made the biggest policy decisions

it feels ... familiar. And excited to read this tome tonight. https://twitter.com/... @seyitaylor : I'm assuming this is what the “Agrestes” episode was based on? https://twitter.c...

2021-07-01
this is the same game amazon plays with reporters. they argue that experts we include in our stories who are critical of amazon are unfit to comment on the company because of their “bias” as though it's impossible to justify being critical of amazon https://www.cnbc.com/...
2021-07-01 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon says it is seeking the recusal of FTC chair Lina Khan from matters related to the company, citing her history of criticism and antitrust arguments

at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred. https://twitter.com/......

2021-05-06
facebook wanted some oversight, just not *too much* oversight https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
2021-05-06 View on X
New York Times

Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook's handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the Oversight Board handed it back to Facebook

New York Times :