issie lapowsky
@issielapowsky
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Journalist covering tech and politics. Previously, @protocol @WIRED. she/her. Send tips to [email protected]. DM for Signal.
Joined March 2009
I spent much of this year reporting on how the Biden administration has aggressively stepped up tech competition with China. At the center of that strategy is Jake Sullivan. My profile of the national security advisor is up now at my old home, @WIRED
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RT @nxthompson: Just a reminder that the last time that Meta deliberately decided to stick its head in the sand and ignore false content fo…
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RT @anna_c_kramer: wow @Google will build new data centers next to new clean power plants, a nontraditional approach. Shows just how aware…
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RT @_ananyaaa: such a joy to be a tiny part of this great @issielapowsky story about, as she put it, "WhatsApp’s gradual Meta-morphosis." h…
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RT @realHayman: How WhatsApp ate the world: WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more…
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RT @restofworld: WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app, with 2 billion users who every day send 100 billion messages in 60 lan…
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RT @Max_Uf: New from @issielapowsky: Given all the ways Musk shaped the election, it seems undeniable that he’ll be a chief architect of Tr…
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RT @kellymakena: On the ground, the Trump campaign was at a massive disadvantage to Kamala Harris. But online, it was a different story. M…
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@ShakeelHashim @robaeprice does it make election night any less of a spectacle? seems like it would be better for democracy (though maybe less good for our industry) for there not to be wall to wall coverage of every possibly misleading return in real time.
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I worked with Jim for only a few months when he started at Inc. and I was on my way out. In that short time, he made such an effort to be a kind, encouraging mentor, and made an equal effort to stay in touch all these years later. This is a beautiful tribute and a terrible loss.
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RT @ebakerwhite: Facebook is running ads right now saying the election may be postponed, or that Harris may drop out. The ads appear to vio…
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RT @JakeLahut: SCOOP: Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Paid canvassers in Michi…
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RT @jason_koebler: New: A Musk-funded PAC supercharged its 'Progress 2028' impersonation campaign, where it's pretending to be Pro-Kamala b…
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"In June, Facebook auto-generated a page for 'AP3 NM [New Mexico] Training Range'...Facebook’s explainer reads: 'This unofficial page was created because people on Facebook have shown interest in this place or business.'"
SCOOP via @misstessowen: Ahead of the election, militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even *auto-generating* pages. Yes, *auto-generating*
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Old enough to remember when tech CEOs could bend over backwards to avoid the slightest appearance of partisanship and would still got clobbered. Who knew they could just donate $130M to one candidate and openly fawn over him on the internet and everyone would be cool with it?
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RT @dlberes: Outstanding piece by @matteo_wong about the siege election workers are under all around the country. Already under resourced,…
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RT @daveyalba: NEW: We analyzed more than 53,000 posts over more than a decade sent by Elon Musk on X, and found that immigration and voter…
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