Reposted by Nicole GillAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2025but her emailspolitico.comWaltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the worldIt’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal. 14142581097
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 24/03/2025“They’re just like us!” National security accidentally including a reporter on their signal chat, edition: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 010
Reposted by Nicole GillJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...talkingpointsmemo.comIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAThe Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the... 8772713012504
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Without independent federal oversight, the Davids are left to fight the Goliaths on their own. Statement from me and @accountabletech.bsky.social ⤵️ 153
Reposted by Nicole GillBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/03/2025Tesla shares are on track for their steepest drop since 2020 as Wall Street analysts begin to slash their estimates for vehicle deliveriesbloomberg.comTesla Shares Plummet as Wall Street Rethinks Sales ProjectionsTesla Inc. shares plunged the most since 2020 on growing concerns across Wall Street about the electric-car maker’s deliveries. 3443677
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 05/02/2025So the guys with access to our personal data don't want us to have access to their conversations. Sure. www.404media.co/email/dc4f2f...404media.coDOGE Employees Ordered to Stop Using Slack While Agency Transitions to Records System That Is Not Subject to FOIAEmployees at Elon Musk's agency have been told: "OMB is asking us to stop generating new slack messages starting now." 053
Reposted by Nicole Gillrenee betterson @renee-betterson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025@accountabletech.bsky.social’s @nicolegill.bsky.social: “NetChoice’s continued assault on tech safety makes it abundantly clear that tech companies would sooner pour millions into legal fees than protect young people from the dangers of their profit-driven algorithms.” 021
Reposted by Nicole GillTech Oversight Project @techoversight.bsky.social · 05/02/2025🎯 @nicolegill.bsky.social from @accountabletech.bsky.social : “The marriage of MAGA and Big Tech is an existential threat to democracy – one that will only grow." buff.ly/3EkdUKf techpolicy.pressBig Tech Chose a Side. Here’s What’s Next. | TechPolicy.PressThe marriage of MAGA and Big Tech is an existential threat to democracy, writes Accountable Tech co-founder and executive director Nicole Gill. 164
Reposted by Nicole GillBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 30/01/2025If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out 825315305435
Reposted by Nicole Gillloreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We must build news anew. "For MAGA Republicans, disinformation isn’t just a byproduct of unregulated tech. It’s the goal" @nicolegill.bsky.social broligarchy explainer www.techpolicy.press/big-tech-cho... Dems step up & highlight the dangers of a MAGA-aligned surveillance state! Protect our data!techpolicy.pressBig Tech Chose a Side. Here’s What’s Next. | TechPolicy.PressThe marriage of MAGA and Big Tech is an existential threat to democracy, writes Accountable Tech co-founder and executive director Nicole Gill. 068
Reposted by Nicole GillTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The marriage of MAGA and Big Tech is an existential threat to democracy, writes Accountable Tech co-founder and executive director Nicole Gill. buff.lyBig Tech Chose a Side. Here’s What’s Next. | TechPolicy.PressThe marriage of MAGA and Big Tech is an existential threat to democracy, writes Accountable Tech co-founder and executive director Nicole Gill. 24011
Reposted by Nicole GillChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Something that I think we can all agree on is that the current generation of Democratic leadership is simply not optimized for the Attention Age. Not really their fault! And honestly, they may be better people for it, but it's a pretty pressing political problem. 1788216632312
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Trump and his his billionaire friends are making Americans less safe in order to further line their pockets. 110
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 30/01/2025As our Co-founder @nicolegill.bsky.social said: "Meta has gone out of its way to show fealty to Trump...This settlement is the latest example of that — a signal that Meta is willing to do whatever it takes to appease this administration.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comMeta will pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit alleging censorshipBrought by Trump in 2021, the lawsuit alleged Meta improperly suspended his social media accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. 021
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 30/01/2025“In the weeks following the 2024 election, Meta has gone out of its way to show fealty to Trump and join his far-right clique. This settlement is the latest example of that — a signal that Meta is willing to do whatever it takes to appease this administration.” 010
Reposted by Nicole GillJeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Would love to get Meta to explain why paying to settle Trump's suit alleging he was wrongfully booted after J6 isn't a precedent to settling cases from other users aggrieved about content moderation calls. (I've asked this one.) 1314325
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Accountable Tech Statement on Meta’s $25 Million January 6th Settlement. accountabletech.org/statements/a... 052
Reposted by Nicole GillEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/01/2025I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They're crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks. www.ft.com/content/a0df... 190126472736
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Maybe Mark Zuckerberg doesn't need a Manhattan-sized data center? 131
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Excellent thread putting today's news about DeepSeek in context 141
Reposted by Nicole GillAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2025Rep. Veronica Escobar: "We need stability, especially in neighboring countries. Tariff war, trade war -- guess what that does? It doesn't just drive up the prices for Americans consumers, but it also drives up migration." 653209598
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Foreign policy by tweet, and because of two men's egos. 000
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025There won't be a 2028 election unless Democrats start calling Trump's first week what it is: a string of broken promises. This doesn't mean responding to every action, but it does mean actually forming sentences without testing the bejesus out of them. 110
Reposted by Nicole GillMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/01/2025The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages. 4243743920
Reposted by Nicole GillRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This is inspiring! The Declaration of Digital Rights is a youth-led initiative spearheaded by our allies with Design It for Us. @ShareMyLesson.bsky.com created this helpful resource for educators to use in the classroom. sharemylesson.com/blog/declara...sharemylesson.comA Declaration of Digital Rights: Guiding Students to Safer Online ChoicesExplore the Declaration of Digital Rights, a youth-led initiative empowering students to navigate the digital world safely, protect privacy, and tackle Big Tech challenges. 04613
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 17/01/2025From me and @accountabletech.bsky.social on the SCOTUS decision to uphold TikTok sell or ban law 021
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Hey Meta advertisers, Are you cool with your dollars going to prop up the whims of a white nationalist? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...nytimes.comStephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than EverStephen Miller was the architect of Donald J. Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda in his first term. Now he is back with fewer internal rivals and even more influence with the president. 052
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Of course Mark Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' includes shoving his former colleague and friend Sheryl Sandberg under the bus to none other than Stephen Miller. the MAGA-fication of Meta continues 000
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Throws Sheryl Sandberg under the bus and sucks up to none other than Stephen Miller. Absolutely repugnant. 110
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Our Co-founder and Executive Director @nicolegill.bsky.social gets straight to the point: “Four years ago this week, Facebook banned Donald Trump for inciting a violent insurrection that resulted in the deaths of 5 people and disrupted our democracy..." thehill.com/policy/techn...thehill.comMeta’s fact-checking changes stoke disinformation concernsThe end of fact-checking at Meta is raising fresh concerns its platforms will become a hotbed of disinformation as the network hands over the policing of content to users. The move, cou… 161
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 13/01/2025“These companies have flourished because of a lack of regulation, and these leaders are now making choices that can insulate them down the road,” said @nicolegill.bsky.social, our Co-founder and Executive Director. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comTrump vilified tech giants. Now they’re giving him millions.After years in which Trump called them enemies of the people, Silicon Valley executives are hoping $1 million gifts and Mar-a-Lago dinners will mend bridges with the president-elect. 031
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Fantastic. We need more of these, asap. Congratulations @normeisen.bsky.social and @jenrubin.bsky.social! 000
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Now feels like a good time to remind folks that in 2021 @accountabletech.bsky.social created a centralized repository of all the news made by Frances Haugen's trove of internal documents from the company then known as Facebook. Bookmark it: facebookpapers.comfacebookpapers.comThe Facebook Papers 074
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Meta has always bent (or ignored) its own rules to further enrich themselves. I'm old enough to remember XCheck, Facebook's list of VIPs that were shielded from its content moderation policies. Of course they do the same thing for big ad spenders. www.wsj.com/articles/fac...wsj.comFacebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.An extensive array of research reports, online employee debates and drafts of presentations to senior management, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, offer an unparalleled look inside the social-medi... 000
Reposted by Nicole GillKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025In case you’re interested in the weeds of how bad this is, this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule. 1212532693
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Trump got advance notice, but not the actual fact checkers. 022
Reposted by Nicole GillChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Today's Playbook PM is "presented by Meta." This is how it frames today's news: "Meta sends Trump a friend request." 1031965
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025My statement on this morning's news from Meta. the TLDR? Preemptive capitulation to Trump from Zuck and Meta 031
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025preemptive capitulation from Facebook and Zuckerberg 031
Nicole Gill @nicolegill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024We’ve been stuck in a social media hellscape for so long that many of us forgot that browsing Twitter or Instagram used to be enjoyable. But the rapid adaptation of Bluesky is actually raising the user experience across social media platforms. Why? Competition. Read more here: 082
Reposted by Nicole GillIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Posting this again, from @columjournreview.bsky.social in October: "Trump’s campaign against the media has taken time to have its intended effect, but have an effect it has." We saw the trend lines clearly, but still didn't expect to be this right this much this fast: www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...cjr.orgOn anticipatory obedience and the mediaTrump's campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe. 1324777
Reposted by Nicole GillBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Let's do this everywhere. www.publicnotice.co/p/wisconsin-...publicnotice.coSearching for a ray of hope? Look at Wisconsin.Stringing together small wins can lead to big progress. 422835449
Reposted by Nicole GillAllison Morrow @amorrow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It was honestly surprising how chill everyone seemed about Altman's repeated deflections on safety. Over and over he said, "well I assume smart people will figure it out." Oh also, governments will have to work together lol www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/b...cnn.comSam Altman, AI’s biggest star, sure hopes someone figures out how not to destroy humanity | CNN BusinessSam Altman, the PT Barnum of the AI industry, has a message for the folks concerned about the technology he’s dedicated his life to advancing: Don’t worry, the nerds are on it. 1718145
Reposted by Nicole GillAccountable Tech @accountabletech.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Meta claims AI had a limited impact across their platforms this election. But a new report from @issueonereform.bsky.social finds significant use of generative AI by foreign actors to spread electoral disinformation on social media. issueone.org/articles/flo... 093
Reposted by Nicole GillZach Praiss @zachpraiss.bsky.social · 03/12/2024These headlines were 3 days apart. 1146
Reposted by Nicole GillJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 20488042315187