Sheera Frenkel
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When the Tech Backlash Turns Dangerous: Fake Calls for a SWAT Team
Online forums carry personal details of potential targets like industry leaders and their families. The police are struggling to find a solution.
How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked
It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos’ photos and texts.
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Sheera Frenkel
NEW - Even MORE details in our story tonight on the investigation into how Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by the Saudi Crown Prince.
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Analysis Ties Hacking of Bezos’ Phone to Saudi Leader’s Account
Investigators said the phone of Jeff Bezos, the Amazon chief, began behaving strangely after he received a video from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s WhatsApp account.
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Sheera Frenkel
Few new details in our story about how Bezos phone was hacked with help from MBS. The FTI report explains in great detail why they believe the Saudis, and specifically MBS, sent a text loaded with malware to Bezos.
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‘Chaos Is the Point’: Russian Hackers and Trolls Grow Stealthier in 2020
While U.S. cyberdefenses have improved since 2016, many of the vulnerabilities exploited four years ago remain. And attacks are getting more sophisticated.
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Sheera Frenkel
So much new info in this great overview of cybersecurity threats facing the US elections. “Fancy Bear,” has shifted some of its work to servers based in the United States in an apparent attempt to thwart the N.S.A.”
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Major TikTok Security Flaws Found
The vulnerabilities, which the app says it has fixed, could have let attackers manipulate content and extract personal data.
Lord of the Rings, 2020 and Stuffed Oreos: Read the Andrew Bosworth Memo
Mr. Bosworth, a Facebook executive, weighed in on the platform’s role in political polarization.
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Sheera Frenkel
One thing that was really interesting in reporting on this new @boztank post, was the internal reactions within Facebook to what he wrote. Some if it made it into the story, but since we published I've heard from many other Facebook employees.
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Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns
In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he “desperately” wanted the president to lose. But, he said, the company should avoid hurting Mr. Trump’s campaign.
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Sheera Frenkel
NEW: The NYT has published an internal memo by longtime FB executive @Boz, in which he warns Facebook not to tip the scals towards Trump in 2020. Come for the discussion about FB's role in democracy, stay for the Lord of the Rings comparison
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San Francisco Spent A Decade Being Rich, Important, And Hating Itself.
During an unprecedented tech boom, the Bay Area asked itself who its real enemies were — and nobody liked the answers.
Facebook Gives Workers a Chatbot to Appease That Prying Uncle
The “Liam Bot” teaches employees what to say if friends or family ask difficult questions about the company over the holidays.
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Sheera Frenkel
Think your Thanksgiving was rough? Imagine having to explain to family members that your company isn’t responsible for destroying democracy. Story w/ @MikeIsaac on how FB made a chat bot to help their employees get their angry uncle off their back.
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Whistle-Blower’s Name Keeps Evading Facebook and YouTube Defenses
The sites said they would delete posts that include the purported name of the Ukraine whistle-blower. But the name keeps reappearing.
Russia Tests New Disinformation Tactics in Africa to Expand Influence
Facebook said it removed three Russian-backed influence networks aimed at African countries. The activity by the networks suggested Russia’s approach was evolving.
‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story
The new book, by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, revisits their landmark sexual-assault investigation and exposes the powerful people who protected Weinstein for years.
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Sheera Frenkel
This book is somehow even better than all the glowing reviews claimed. Feeling nothing short of awe for @jodikantor and @mega2e. If you haven’t already, BUY THIS BOOK!
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The Cost of Next-Day Delivery: How Amazon Escapes The Blame For Its Deadly Last Mile
Deaths and devastating injuries. A litany of labor violations. Drivers forced to urinate in their vans. Here is how Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploitation, and danger to communities across America.
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Sheera Frenkel
If you’ve ever wondered at what it takes to make all your next-day Amazon deliveries happen, here’s a great investigation from @ceodonovan and @kenbensinger. Brutal.
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Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.
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Sheera Frenkel
Oh wow. This tick tock of Google’s last three years has something for everyone. What a read from @nitashatiku!
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Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials
The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for months and possibly years, including in some swing...
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Sheera Frenkel
Never mind the sophisticated, nation backed hackers. We’ll leave the front door wide open for you.
Another great @KimZetter story on how our election systems lack some pretty basic security
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Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction and Altering the Natural World at a Pace ‘Unprecedented in Human History’
A dire United Nations report, based on thousands of scientific studies, paints an urgent picture of biodiversity loss and finds that climate change is amplifying the danger to humanity.
Kirstjen Nielsen Out as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary
The president had blamed Ms. Nielsen for the rise in migrants who illegally entered the United States even though she supported his hard-line immigration policies.
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Sheera Frenkel
“The president berated Ms. Nielsen regularly, calling her at home... to demand that she take action to stop migrants from entering the country, including doing things that were clearly illegal, like blocking all migrants from seeking asylum.”
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The Baraboo Nazi Prom Photo Shocked The World. The City’s Response Shocked Its Residents.
The intentions behind the Nazi salute photograph seen around the world were hardly as sinister as they first appeared. But in Trump and Twitter’s America, as one small Midwestern town discovered, image is everything.
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Sheera Frenkel
Nobody is writing about the internet, extremism, virality and the effects it all has on our society like @Bernstein.
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Explosion in Syria Kills Driver for NBC News Team
The blast occurred hours after a U.S.-backed militia announced that the Islamic State had been routed from its last patch of Syrian territory.
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Sheera Frenkel
Remember how Twitter was disgusted/amused with @MattMcBradley spitting into his hands to fix his hair while on a live shot from a war zone? Here’s a reminder of what journalists, including his own network, go through to get you the story
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A Note From Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook Newsroom
Today Mark Zuckerberg shared the following post with employees.
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Sheera Frenkel
Chris Cox leaving Facebook. He’s one of Zuckerberg’s closest allies, and had a huge role in shaping Facebook’s company culture and basic products like NewsFeed. Curious what this means as Facebook pivots in a new direction...
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