Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026Meta is using its A.I. data centers to exploit a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation, according to an exclusive report by The New York Times. The company’s own accountants recognize that the strategy is on shaky legal ground. nyti.ms/3VlavDw 29381188
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesmichael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Latest story from me and @kateconger.com, a reminder that even as AI creates new avenues for CSAM creation/distribution, X struggles with the "solved problem" of removing known, previously flagged, illegal images from its platform 05922
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...knightcolumbia.orgKnight Institute Condemns Arrest of Journalists Reporting on Minneapolis Protests 15534202
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026A timely reminder from Clayton Weimers of Reporters Without Borders USA: "Journalists are legally permitted to publish government secrets and the courts have again and again reaffirmed that First Amendment right."cnn.comFBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home | CNN BusinessLast month, Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson penned a first-person piece about her long year as “the federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers. On Wednesda... 512661
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/01/2026New: I got body camera footage from a case in which a cop used Flock to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman of stealing a package: "Nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it" www.404media.co/cop-used-flo...404media.coCop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows"Nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it," the cop told her. 11584198
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Everyone knows that presidential pardons do not apply to state charges. What this order presupposes is ... maybe they do. 080
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 05/12/2025people made fun of this in 2014 but every last thing about it turned out to be true 10683164
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Just so y'all know ... a huge part of content moderation and online safety at tech platforms is geared toward preventing the spread of *child sex abuse material*. 040
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.theatlantic.comThat MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From PakistanHow X blew up its own platform with a new location feature 482127788
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesEvan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.queenseagle.comQueens men meet — Queens Daily EagleThe first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday. 373112488
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Apropos of nothing: The vast majority of my family is MAGA, and they've been obsessed for years with the idea that NYC some kind of criminal hellscape. They were also quite concerned with our recent local election, oddly enough. And I'm wondering now whether to send them some screenshots or nah. 040
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesAlex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Well worth the time to read this piece by the ACLU's Brett Max Kaufman on the Trump administration's boat strikes. Here's the kicker: 0115
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 20/11/2025NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...nytimes.comFamily Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy 11322441128
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 19/11/2025This experience mirrors reports of A.I. chatbots reinforcing delusional thinking in some people, as @kashhill.bsky.social has written about extensively. One good point is that certain communities on the internet did this already (think QAnon). But A.I. is available 24-7 and is even more insular. 032
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Filing this under "What could possibly go wrong?" futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comOpenAI Blocks Toymaker After Its AI Teddy Bear Is Caught Telling Children Terrible ThingsOpenAI confirmed that it had suspended FoloToy's access to its AI models after a damning report about the toymaker's AI teddy bear. 072
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Amid military strikes on Venezuelan boats, Trump's team has said Pres. Maduro leads the "narcoterrorist org Cartel de los Soles." But "Cartel de los Soles" is not a literal group. Just a Venezuelan figure of speech. More great work from @charliesavage.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...nytimes.comTrump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think. 262
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Earlier this year, agents found videos showing violent sexual abuse of a young child. But the agents have since been asked to arrest undocumented immigrants, hindering progress toward rescue. This and more from @mhkeller.bsky.social and team in an important story. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...nytimes.comHomeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations 01910
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Always love a story that involves reporters looking through thousands of hours of mind-numbing video. (I say this seriously.) 000
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.com 421671739
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesChristiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents. NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...nytimes.comTracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat AttacksIn two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far. 615064
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesShira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 04/11/2025PSA: Please stop giving advice on spotting the hallmarks of A.I.-generated videos. Even the pros are are having a hard time. We can't OSINT sleuth our way out of this problem. wapo.st/4ljYzJywapo.stAnalysis | How to spot an AI video? LOL, you can’t.It’s time to stop trying to be AI detectives. We need a different approach to a world awash in realistic AI. 1124
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 04/11/2025New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...404media.coCBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration EnforcementThe app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement. 11376287
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has repeatedly criticized his rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, for living in a rent-stabilized apartment, occupied a rent-stabilized unit himself when he was a young professional living in New York City in the 1980s.nytimes.comCuomo Blasts Mamdani for His Rent-Stabilized Unit. But He Had One, Too. 611826
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesEvan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025New Yorkers: Come to City Hall Park tomorrow at noon and join the unionized reporters, photographers and editors of the New York Daily News, as we call on Heath Freeman and Alden Global Capital to pay fair wages and agree to worker protections. 03017
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft. 775244235086
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.arxiv.orgSycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes DependenceBoth the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat... 15455215
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Oh my God, its title is "Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence." The Wikipedia article about it is giving me a panic attack. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diella_... 000
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesAndy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Updating my LEGO White House 7814691210958
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Aggregate measures say the economy is doing pretty well right now. But that obscures a growing divide: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by stock market gains, are spending. Low-and middle-income Americans are struggling amid inflation and a weakening labor market. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...nytimes.comWealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling. 910640
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 21/10/2025In Mexico, a doctor has to stitch kids up by flashlight. In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20% of the country’s electricity (!). In Chile, aquifers are in danger. Important story by @paulmozur.bsky.social @satariano.bsky.social, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...nytimes.comFrom Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy 03013
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This good piece by @stuartathompson.bsky.social really drives home how much AI slop the president posts these days. Also, it uses the word "excrement" in the second paragraph. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters (Gift Article)The president has posted A.I.-generated images and videos dozens of times on social media, in some cases misleading viewers and amplifying political divisions. 011
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The only excuse Lois Lane has for why her interviewing Superman isn't unethical, despite their romantic entanglement, is that it would be even more unethical for the paper's other top reporter, who is Superman, to interview himself, yet she cannot say this. This dilemma should be taught in J-school. 703447431
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Didn't expect anyone to take "internet of shit" quite so literally. 130
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesChristiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025When Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in Syria, many of the officials who enabled and enforced his brutal regime disappeared. Our reporting uncovers who they are, what they did and where they fled. nyti.ms/3J1W5Csnytimes.comThe Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice 615984
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/10/2025BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.socialpropublica.orgMore Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near... 7444612717
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesNYTimes Communications @nytimespr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025A statement from The New York Times on the Pentagon’s press pass policy: 1632181
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 08/10/2025That name sounds super Latin. Seems sus. 030
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 08/10/2025This is like a tweet thread from back when social media was good. 2312
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesTracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I hope you'll read this, all the way thru. A gift article on a really important thing that happened today in Newark. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...nytimes.comThis City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted. 23616
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 29/09/2025As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...nytimes.com‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet 33738294
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Lawyers, tell me, is it bad when a federal judge describes having to "endure" your allegations and "florid," "enervating" prose? And then rejects your complaint as "decidedly improper and impermissible" without the defense even filing a word? (Trump v. NYT) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 030
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesCharlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I experienced this last week & refused, saying I had never before been asked to provide the names of any analysts I was planning to quote to get a comment. Spox replied that maybe they were D donors. (In that case, it was 3 retired top military JAG officers.) I guess that was not a weird oneoff. 241251421
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesColumbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 13358124
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 18/09/2025The United States is a country where comedians must take care not to offend the ruling party if they want to keep their jobs. 422437
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesRuss Buettner @russbuettner.bsky.social · 18/09/2025And now, this… 52011
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Weird how I keep thinking about this 010
Reposted by Jennifer Valentino-DeVriesJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This is the essential point. This will go nowhere. 100% of the issue with all the other media suits is that a rogue president is a huge danger to a big diversified corp which also owns a media company. They can be hit everywhere. The NYT is just the NYT. No vulnerability. 571481267