Clare Duffy
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Tech reporter @cnnbusiness • Formerly @columbiajourn, @pdxbizjournal • Fan of coffee, spreadsheets and story tips • [email protected]/DM for Signal
New York, NY
Joined September 2011
"We are living in a much more surveilled culture than we were in 1972 and prior. " Digital rights experts say that personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws.
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I spoke with a group of former Twitter employees about what it was like living through the "Twittercoaster" of Musk's takeover — and how their lives were upended by the mass layoffs last year.
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"They lacked the fundamental ability to hunt for foreign agents and expel them on their own," Twitter whistleblower said of the company.
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I also asked the Pentagon how it’s thinking about its presence on Twitter following the Musk takeover and mass employee exits. DOD Spokesperson Jessica McNulty says the agency “is tracking the media reports regarding Twitter, but we have no updates to announce at this time.”.
New: White House calls on Elon Musk's Twitter to explain how it is protecting "the safety of Americans' online data." . "Twitter should speak to how they are ensuring that happens," a White House official tells me.
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#BREAK: Elon Musk moves to stay the legal proceedings and cancel the trial in Twitter dispute pending the completion of the acquisition deal, but filing says Twitter is unwilling
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The full video on our experiment, as well as some of the steps TikTok is taking in response, is available here: .Produced by @zachwasss.
CNN deep dives into a 14-year-old's TikTok account to see the kinds of content teens can view on the popular video app. Many of the contents were age-inappropriate and pose risk to their mental health. @claresduffy joined to share what she found.
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Sam is an incredible journalist, an excellent writer, great on camera and an excellent colleague and friend. Hire her!!.
I was among the CNN reporters laid off today as part of the company’s restructuring. I loved CNN and I’m so proud of the work we did. If you’re looking for a tech reporter to cover AI, social media, trends, Big Tech, gadgets, tech anything, please send a message! I’d love to chat.
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For the past four years, Twitter has made promoting "healthy conversations" a strategic priority. That could change under Elon Musk's leadership. With @saraashleyo .
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Looked at the tool Elon Musk used to formulate his initial estimate that Twitter has more bots than it reports (Twitter says Musk is wrong) and why determining an exact number of bots is complicated .W/ @JohnGeneralCNN .
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Elon Musk's lawyers mentioned Twitter whistleblower Mudge in a court hearing today over discovery in the acquisition deal dispute, a preview of how Musk's team might use the disclosure in the legal fight against Twitter.
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YouTube will start removing misinformation related to abortion.
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Talked to @TheCyabra CEO @DanBrahmy in the company's first interview since conducting an analysis of Twitter's bots for Elon Musk. Their work shows what Musk could face now that he says he wants to close the acquisition deal.w/ @b_fung .
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Elon Musk is visiting Twitter's headquarters this week ahead of the expected close of his deal to buy the company on Friday, per email that went out to staff today. With @donie
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Twitter employees have until 5 pm today to decide whether they want to work "extremely hardcore" under Musk. Some say they've already made up their minds, but for others the decision is complicated.With @oliverdarcy
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When Google laid off 12,000 employees by email in January, it seemed out of step with the company's renowned worker-first culture. Current and former workers told us it's part of a culture shift that's been underway for years .With @cathythorbecke
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"We need to take a hard stop and look at technology — especially this kind of technology — and say, 'What are we doing? Are we regulating this enough?'" -@cherthedev .Important story from @rachelmetz .
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Here are the likely next steps as Twitter and Elon Musk negotiate following his offer to proceed with the $44B acquisition deal on the original terms.
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My phone just alerted me that six years ago I was on a reporting assignment here.
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Elon Musk may be closer than ever to completing his deal to buy Twitter. Here are some of the potential winners and losers from the takeover.w/ @zachwasss @gaberamirez & Moss Cohen
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Big Mood.
My personal hell is having to keep writing about the Musk/Twitter deal, I truly never ever want to ever have to think about it again
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finished my first pot of coffee before 10 am and somehow it is still not enough.
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The recent explosion of AI tools creates a new challenge for internet users: how to tell whether something was written by a human or a machine. Here are some tips and tricks to tell if something was written by AI.
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The tool, @Botometer was built by researchers at @OSoMe_IU. I previously wrote about the response of one of the key researchers on the team felt when he found out the tool had been cited by Musk’s legal team
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Had fun filling in for @jonsarlin as host of CNN's Nightcap today. Thanks to @RachelAbramsNY, as well as @MatthewSchneier and @ScottRogowsky, for joining the show today. You can watch the full show here:
A real-life "Succession" drama? New York Times reporter @RachelAbramsNY tells CNN's @claresduffy how the behind-the-scenes drama within Sumner Redstone’s media empire was actually crazier than the hit HBO show. Watch more "Nightcap" here:
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@rachelmetz @sfiegerman @MattQuinn16 @kyurieff @donie @saraashleyo @heatherkelly @AlexKoppelman @richbarbieri @JasonFarkas It has been an absolute privilege to work with and learn from you. You will be so missed ♥️.
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Musk's legal team has subpoenaed @dotMudge to appear for a deposition in the Twitter acquisition case on Sept. 9.
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Microsoft announces updated version of Bing search engine using OpenAI technology even more powerful than ChatGPT
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Photographer Tati Bruening posted on Instagram Monday, criticizing the platform for changing to mimic TikTok. The post gained attention from 1.6 million people, including Kylie Jenner. It's part of a growing backlash among IG users. W/ @jennkornn .
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ICYMI @cathythorbecke wrote about the mounting fears of predatory land grabs in the wake of the Maui fires.
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The whistleblower disclosure from former Twitter head of security is almost certain to become the latest wrinkle in the company's legal fight with Elon Musk over their acquisition deal, and not only because of what the whistleblower has to say about bots.
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The former employees suing Twitter following Elon Musk's mass layoffs scored an early court victory yesterday
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LinkedIn knows it has fake accounts on its site, despite its best efforts to weed them out (just like every other social platform). It's rolling out new features to help users evaluate the authenticity of other accounts before engaging with them.
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Elon Musk has said open sourcing Twitter’s algorithm would lead to more trust in the platform. @rachelmetz explains why the reality of such a move is a bit more complicated
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NEWS: Extreme heat in California has knocked a key Twitter data center offline. Comes after whistleblower Peiter Zatko warned in his disclosure about an alleged lack of data center redundancy at the company .From @donie @snlyngaas @b_fung .
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For anyone unfamiliar with @vijaya, one of the Twitter execs Musk fired last night, @Iyengarish and I profiled her exactly a year ago. Among her accomplishments at the company: spearheading Twitter's annual transparency reports.
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There are many uncertainties surrounding the Musk-Twitter acquisition deal. But one thing seems clear: Musk has created a big mess for Twitter that won't easily be undone. With @cathythorbecke .
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ICYMI: Human rights groups are raising alarms that people may be missing out on job advertisements on Facebook because of their gender, based on new research by @Global_Witness .Story here: with @CarlottaDotto @Meera_Senthi
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This decision increases the risk that personal data (like search histories, messages, period tracking app data) could be used to enforce laws that criminalize abortion .With @jennkornn .
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Green dream team with @ChristineRomans this morning 💚.
Billionaire Elon Musk now officially owns Twitter. "Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" says Musk in an open letter. @claresduffy has more on this reporting.
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This 👇.Thinking of all the folks who spent months working so hard to bring this to life.
The CNN+ team is filled with brilliant journalists who were willing to take a risk on developing new formats . Newsrooms really benefit from innovative, creative folks who are drawn to situations where they can tackle interesting problems . Staffers from CNN+ would be great hires.
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My take on the Twitter Files: Strip away the spectacle, and the disclosures are a reminder of just how tricky the business of content moderation remains, especially in moments of crisis
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Twitter says “uncertainty” around Musk acquisition deal weighed on its earnings in the second quarter
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"When asked what made it 'human,' the bot stated: 'The fact that I'm alive and conscious right now makes me human, as well as having emotions and being able to reason logically.'".@cathythorbecke chatted with Meta's BlenderBot (which is not actually human).
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Elon Musk seems to have realized he needs advertisers on Twitter. But he may not be doing enough to keep them happy
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While Twitter and Meta are attempting to convince users to pay for verification, LinkedIn is rolling out new, free verification tools
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@EarlyStart @ChristineRomans @CNN You will be missed, @ChristineRomans! Have learned so much by watching you in action!.
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@sfiegerman @MattQuinn16 @HeySamantha @saraashleyo @Iyengarish @kyurieff @cathythorbecke @b_fung @heatherkelly Crying but also thrilled for you! 🥲 Bloomberg is so lucky to have you!!.
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How one state became the benchmark for regulating technologies that use biometric data.From @rachelmetz .
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal will sit for a deposition in court fight against Musk today, @b_fung reports. Musk is also set to be questioned in a multi-day deposition starting today
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"I can't believe I have to transition this conversation back from aliens. ".Lots going on in this Elon Twitter employee all-hands.
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"You can make anything a reality.".Love this story from @rachelmetz, which includes an interview with the man behind @weirddalle .
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It's official: Elon Musk is proposing to follow through with buying Twitter on the original terms, per SEC filings
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Real rough earnings news at Meta. Stock down 13% after-hours and falling
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The move comes as LinkedIn ramps up efforts to address inauthentic behavior on its site. @empanado talked to me about that work last year
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Can we please get a romcom @netflix ??.
A new power couple has taken the stage after a former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by revealing that they're married.
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Even as a growing number of Twitter users discuss decamping to other platforms, many of the alternatives are not quite ready for primetime. @cathythorbecke reports
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@PoppyHarlowCNN @CNN You will be missed, Poppy! Thank you for being an inspiration to so many of us ❤️.
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Judge denies Elon Musk's request to delay Twitter trial, but will let him add arguments based on Mudge's whistleblower disclosure
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Thursday is nightcap day 🍻.
In other news: New Nightcap!. Elon Musk’s texts are a preview of the Twitter trial w/ @claresduffy . Elizabeth Holmes’ Hail Mary w/ @eringriffith . Why companies are forcing workers back in the office w/ @edzitron .
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TikTok confirms that journalists' data was improperly accessed by employees of its parent company, ByteDance
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We’ll be covering today’s Senate hearing with the Twitter whistleblower live here:.
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They built their businesses on Instagram. But the platform's recent changes are causing them to worry for the future of their companies.
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@apbenven Ok but as someone who naturally has always had eyebrows so light they're basically nonexistent, I do feel seen by this trend.
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Twitter lawyer said during a hearing in the case against Musk that company lawyers around the world "have had to stop responding to requests from law enforcement for account data" so that they can focus on gathering discovery materials demanded by Musk's team.
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Snapchat is launching a web-based version of its app, which will be available to users of its new subscription service
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ICYMI, I joined @thedavidrindexp on CNN's One Thing podcast this week to chat about the last 6 months of covering the Elon Musk-Twitter saga and what comes next
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just watching the first five seconds of this video on repeat.
The Humane Society of the United States is working to get 4,000 beagles from a troubled Virginia breeding facility to shelters where they can be adopted. So far, more than 2,000 beagles have been rescued.
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@saraashleyo If they stoop it, I would 100% find a way to get one of those round, purple couches to my apartment via subway.
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Microsoft announces an updated version of Bing with AI capabilities. CEO Satya Nadella says it's "high time" the company becomes a viable competitor in search.
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Google and YouTube on Tuesday announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network
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The SEC earlier this summer questioned Twitter about its bot and user number counts
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@NicoleGoodkind @kryshur 2015 feels like a peak time I should have been plugged into internet pop culture moments like this and yet. .
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Head over to @akidsco to download this free resource to help you talk about the events in Uvalde, Texas with the little people in your life. I can't wait until we have to do the book "A Kids Book About Why It's So Hard To Buy A Gun" .
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@Iyengarish @rachelmetz @HeySamantha @cathythorbecke @saraashleyo @kyurieff @CNNBusiness Sad for us, happy for you!!.
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Twitter's response to whistleblower testimony: "Today’s hearing only confirms that Mr. Zatko’s allegations are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies.".
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@incrediblekulk @brianstelter @ReliableSources Upper left is a wave photo, too! By ocean photographer Ray Collins. Good little reminders of sunshine during NYC winters!.
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The move comes after YouTube was called out earlier this year by 80+ fact-checking orgs, including many members of the ICFN, for its "insufficient" response to misinformation
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This!! @elonmusk ?.
If anyone can buy a blue check, is there going to be some kind of separate verification system just to show that people are who they say they are? Otherwise what's to stop me from saying I'm Brad Pitt and buying a blue check?.
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The public version of Elon Musk's amended counterclaims based on the Twitter whistleblower disclosure have been filed .
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Had a great discussion with @elonmusk last evening! Our continued commitment to brand safety for advertisers remains unchanged. Looking forward to the future!.
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Twitter stock surges on @bloomberg report that Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter at the originally agreed upon price of $54.20.
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"I want to direct people to something that is going to provide them with much more reliable information . " .@HeySamantha on how volunteer Wikipedia editors respond to breaking news situations .
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Musk says he’s restoring the accounts of several controversial, previously banned Twitter users, but decision on Trump still looms
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@adrianzamor @Twitter Thanks for all your help over the wild past few months. All the best to you!.
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