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Cecilia Kang

@nytceciliakang.bsky.social
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NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang

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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Join the smart, collaborative, and fun NYTimes tech team as our Apple reporter job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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Technology Correspondent
San Francisco, CA
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I love the reader comments on this story. So engaging, insightful and great anecdotes: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
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Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
By understanding the reasons, scientists hope to help both sexes age better.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
yes yes yes - Character Limit is a must read. It was before Elon Musk's storming of Washington and is required reading now. @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/03/2025
In response to President Trump’s executive orders and his all-out assault on government bureaucracy, federal judges across the U.S. have issued rulings at a blistering rate for the past two months. Read the key passages in several noteworthy rulings here.
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Judges Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Actions. Here’s a Look at Key Rulings.
Taken as a whole, the rulings represent an effort to thwart President Trump’s serial attempts to increase his power and the executive branch’s dominion over the government.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Inside Sam Altman's path into Trump's inner circle. I've followed his political journey for a while, and everyone thought he'd be sidelined because of his rivalry with Elon Musk. Don't count him out. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/t...
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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump
After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
ABC and now Meta Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit @mikeisaac.bsky.social @maggiehaberman www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported a 21 percent increase in quarterly revenue.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Great look inside the startup and venture panic and excitement over DeepSeek by Erin Griffith www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/t...
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After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets
Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But the rise of the Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek has called that funding frenzy into question.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Heartbreaking to see such a mass exodus of talent from WaPo, my beloved former newsroom. It took weeks for its owner and management to destroy one of the most venerable news orgs in the world. Let's be very clear, many many who left were lifers and only left because the felt the house was on fire.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
TikTok's only lifeline was Trump stepping in asap. He just posted that he needs time to review the situation and that he'll make a decision in the "not too distant future," which is absolutely not the vague timeline TikTok wanted.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
SCOTUS upholds ban on TikTok www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Here’s the latest on the ruling.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Incredibly cowardly for managers to blame DEI as an excuse for passing over someone for a promotion. Give real feedback, don't blame women and people of color. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Some unsolicited advice after 30 years of working. Tomorrow, bring Kind energy to work. And Work-Hard energy. And Creative energy. Repeat the next day. And the next day. Thanks - every single worker, employee, boss.
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Dylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com · 16/01/2025
Honest question: What does AGI (artificial general intelligence) mean to you?
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Before Zuck2.0, he said he was all-in on Sheryl Sandberg's push for diversity and her Lean In efforts. "Mr. Zuckerberg blamed his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for an inclusivity initiative at Facebook..." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
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Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever
Stephen 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.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Editors, I'm raising a hand for any follow ups: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/t...
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Robert De Niro’s New Nobu Hotel in the Caribbean Is Close to His Heart
The actor has long had a second career as a hotelier and restaurateur. Now, he and his partners are planning to open a luxury inn on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I finally made it.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Wild story of falling in love with an AI companion who sounds, frankly, just perfect. Too perfect. Obsessed with this @kashhill.bsky.social piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/t...
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She Is in Love With ChatGPT
A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hi! Are you a parent with opinions about a potential ban of TikTok? I'd love to hear from you: cecilia.kang@nytimes.com Thank you!
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Meta announcing 5% layoffs of their workforce. Internally, Meta employees are already asking how this will impact their (falling) diversity numbers, coupled with Zuckerberg’s announcement last week that the company is doing away with DEI. Scoop coming with @mikeisaac.bsky.social @kateconger.com
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Read my book with @nytceciliakang.bsky.social! It’s called “An Ugly Truth” and it’ll tell you everything you need to know about Mark Zuckerberg’s decision-making.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Good analysis: What’s Behind Meta’s MAGA Makeover? by @kevinroose.com www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/t...
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What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?
Mark Zuckerberg is positioning his company for a second Trump term — and revealing the hollow identity at its core.
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The irony of Meta deleting comments by their own employees on internal message boards which are critical of Zuckerberg’s decision to get rid of fact checkers… while extolling the virtues of free expression/free speech to get rid of said fact checkers. 😔
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I spoke to two Meta executives, who said that the recent decision to remove fact checkers is really Zuckerberg going back to his roots on free expression. If you want to learn more about his libertarian history, pick up the book I wrote with @nytceciliakang.bsky.social
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Harry Chemay @harrychemay.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The latest move by Zuckerberg to wind back fact-checking at #Meta should be no surprise to anyone who's read 'An Ugly Truth' by @sheeraf.bsky.social and @nytceciliakang.bsky.social. If you haven't, it's worth a look.
Cover of 'An Ugly Truth' by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
hey, excited about this! politics.georgetown.edu/2025/01/07/m...
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Meet the Spring 2025 GU Politics Fellows - Institute of Politics and Public Service
As we enter our 10th year, we are excited to announce the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) Spring 2025 Fellows Class, our 20th class of fellows. This semester’s class ...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 20/12/2024
X lobbied for an anti-revenge porn bill. Then Elon Musk killed it: www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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Government Shutdown Live Updates: House Passes Spending Bill Ahead of Deadline
The new legislation would keep the government open but did not include the debt ceiling increase that President-elect Donald J. Trump had demanded. It now goes to the Senate.
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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
NEW from me, @kirstengrind.bsky.social and @ericlipton.nytimes.com : Three US government agencies have opened up investigations into whether Musk has complied with rules that keep US national security secrets safe. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Great reporting here www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/t...
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A good opportunity for health policy reporters: www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/12/06/n...
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National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Common Health Coalition announce new public health reporting fellowship - Journalism Institute
The Public Health Reporting Fellowship will award up to $7,500 each to five individuals to support reporting projects focused on the intersection of public health policy and health care delivery.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit
As the maker of ChatGPT battles Google and Meta for A.I. supremacy, it’s also fighting to end control by a nonprofit board.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Since as long as I've been a tech reporter, this needle has been very very hard to thread: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
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Tech Makes an Economic Case for Skilled Immigrants. Will Trump Bite?
Silicon Valley hopes that tech giants like Elon Musk could help to push the incoming Trump administration toward offering more visas to highly skilled foreign workers.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Well then www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/t...
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Sam Altman of OpenAI to Donate $1 Million to Trump Inauguration
Mr. Altman and OpenAI have recently hired key executives who previously worked for the Clinton, Obama and Biden administrations.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Well then www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
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Amazon Plans $1 Million Donation to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
The move follows Meta’s donation of the same amount to the fund earlier this week.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Well then www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zu...
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Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund
The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Wonderland Books in Bethesda is as wonderful as I hoped. Perfect rainy day lunch break. Look at my Holidays haul. Love independent bookstores and congrats to owner and friend Amy Joyce!
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I'm here for PoetryBlueSky, especially Nikki Giovanni this rainy week. May her memory be a blessing
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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"I don't think I'm allowed to kill something because I am frightened." —Nikki Giovanni 💔 #poem #poems #poetry
I killed a spider
Not a murderous brown recluse
Nor even a black widow
And if the truth were told this
Was only a small spider
Sort of papery spider
Who should have run
When I picked up the book
But she didn't
And she scared me
And I smashed her

I don't think
I'm allowed

To kill something

Because I am

Frightened.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A ruff case that hounds the defendants 😆
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
FTC's 2 Dems Slaughter and Bedoya to Trump's chair Ferguson: You "promise allowing more mergers, firing civil servants, and fighting something called 'the trans agenda.' Is all of that more important than the cost of healthcare and groceries and gasoline? Or fighting fraud?"
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A win for Lina Khan, FTC chair
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Trump Picks New FTC Chair: Andrew Ferguson has promised to ease up on American businsesses, except for Big Tech: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/t...
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Trump Picks Andrew Ferguson to Lead Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Ferguson, a current Republican member of the agency, will replace Lina Khan, who had aggressively challenged mergers and the power of the biggest tech companies.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
An incredible summer opportunity for a high schooler interested in journalism. I got my start through a similar program with the Asian American Journalism Association. Pass along and support young journalists of color! aaja.submittable.com/submit/9fa57...
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Asian American Journalists Association - JCamp 2025 Application
High school students with a strong interest in all forms of journalism are encouraged to apply. All costs to attend this program, including airfare, campus housing and meals, are covered by AAJA. DE...
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
My Latest: Biden Admin's FTC, CFPB, Commerce sprinting to open tech investigations, settle charges, get money out the door in a rush to tie up loose ends www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/t...
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Biden Administration Sprints to Tie Up Tech Loose Ends
Regulators are working around the clock to cement four years of tech policy ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Rogan and Huberman regularly drilling into ears with 2,3,4-hour episodes is an insane amount of influence
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Wonderland Books just opened in Bethesda! I’m checking it out today and hope you will consider buying books here or another independent bookstore for you holiday shopping! www.instagram.com/stories/kito...
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Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Petals of the mist
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