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Tech features and investigations at @technologyreview.com | proud Los Angeles resident | send me tips (not PR pitches) on Signal: eileenguo.15 | português-español-中文 https://www.technologyreview.com/author/eileen-guo/
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Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · Jan 31
So many of my best stories have come from tips.

I investigate sketchy technology, very broadly defined: privacy, tech entrepreneurs, surveillance, intersections w/ govt.

Read 👇🏽 + then get in touch.
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ruddock.bsky.social
The Trump admin has sanctioned five individuals for being part of the “censorship industrial complex”: the Orwellian misnomer for efforts to combat harassment and disinfo online. It’s an escalation of a clear trend: weaponizing immigration laws to persecute First Amendment-protected activities.
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
eileenguo.bsky.social
The Trump administration is now barring 5 Europeans working on countering disinformation from the US — including initiating deportation proceedings against 2 of them, including a former EU commissioner. All in the name of free speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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joshuaeaton.bsky.social
Since we’re on the topic of asking people for comment …
joshuaeaton.bsky.social Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · Sep 4
In 2021, Bari Weiss famously published a resignation letter by former Smith College librarian Jodi Shaw.

Shortly after, I asked Smith if Weiss had reached out for comment first.

“She did not,” spokesperson Stacey Schmeidel said via email.

Weiss’ agents declined my requests for comment.
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
"free speech warriors"
60minutes.bsky.social 60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 10d
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
The broadcast lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report “Inside CECOT” will air in a future broadcast.
December 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
eileenguo.bsky.social
Thanks @dgap.org for having me be apart of this important conversation looking back on the #ChinaInitiative, and continued research security concerns in the US and Europe.
dgap.org DGAP @dgap.org · 16d
In our “Remaking America” series with @scripts-berlin.eu, we recently held an insightful panel on the tech and science competition between 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 with journalists @eileenguo.bsky.social & Mara Hvistendahl, moderated by our expert Michael Laha. Re-watch now the recording! 📺👇
Remaking America: US-China Science and Tech Competition and Suspicion
YouTube video by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
WSJ Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions. Another Trump donor, Stephen P. Lynch, paid $600,000 this year to a lobbyist close to Trump Jr. who is helping him seek a Treasury Department license to buy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from a Russian state-owned company. One sign that he may be serious is that some of his most-trusted friends, sanctioned billionaires from his St. Petersburg hometown-Gennady Timchenko, Yuri Kovalchuk and the Rotenberg brothers, Boris and Arkady-have sent representatives to quietly meet American companies to explore rare-earth mining and energy deals, according to people familiar with the meetings and European security officials. That includes reviving the giant Nord Stream pipeline, sabotaged by Ukrainian tactical divers, and under European Union sanctions. Earlier this year, Exxon Mobil met with Russia's biggest state energy company, Rosneft, to discuss returning to the massive Sakhalin gas project if Moscow and Washington gave the green light.
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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attackerman.bsky.social
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
In renaming USIP to DJTIP, his is literally replacing "United States" with himself. A real "l'état c'est moi" moment
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27d
Starting momentarily: Trump attends peace agreement signing ceremony with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the US Institute of Peace building in DC (which the administration is now calling—without a hint of irony—the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.)

You can watch here:
LIVE: President signs agreement with Rwanda and DR Congo at USIP
YouTube video by FOX 5 New York
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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pbsnews.org
The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. https://to.pbs.org/48ARqjs
Trump added his name to the U.S. Institute of Peace building while fighting the organization in court
On Wednesday, the State Department said it renamed the organization to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace to “reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.”
to.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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leahfeiger.bsky.social
NEW: You've read a lot about immigrants kidnapped, forcibly detained, and held in ICE facilities -- what about the immigrants *trying* to leave the country? Turns out its wildly difficult for them too.

don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show
The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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rachelcourtland.com
Pitch deadline coming up on Friday!
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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niallfirth.bsky.social
It's week 4 of State of AI, our partnership with the
@financialtimes.com

This week, @eileenguo.bsky.social kickstarts a conversation with @melissahei.bsky.social on the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/24/1...
The State of AI: Chatbot companions and the future of our privacy
MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa Heikkilä discuss the privacy implications of our new reliance on chatbots.
www.technologyreview.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
Chart showing detention population, among those arrested in the interior, by criminal record, May 2019 through present. There are three lines shown. (1) Prior conviction (which rises from around 9,000 in January 2025 to just over 16,000 in November 2025), (2) Pending criminal charges (which rises from around 5,000 to 15,000), and (3) No criminal record (which rises from around 1,000 to 21,000).
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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alexip718.com
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
legal.reuters.com Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · Nov 6
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
We live in an episode of Veep
Andrew Desiderio V @AndrewDesiderio X.com Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: "Calling Sean Hannity mobile" 8:57 AM • 10/28/25 • 276K Views
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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heathercherone.bsky.social
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
news.wttw.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
eileenguo.bsky.social
Thread on Border Patrol chief Bovino’s appearance in federal court over federal immigration raids in Chicago is wild 👇🏽
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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danlehner.bsky.social
there's an entire joke online about how everyone thinks their culture specifically does this (that and "we really value big gatherings and food")
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Oct 28
Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?

Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · Oct 28
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.

Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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adamrose.bsky.social
Ninth journalist I'm aware of ICE has targeted in apparent retaliation for exercising Constitutionally protected rights.

Nothing damages American more than being so small/weak/petty that you abuse government resources to target speech.

Hard to imagine something more unpatriotic and un-American.
ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour
Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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sambiddle.com
SCOOP: I obtained internal documents showing Amazon has been selling cloud computing and AI services to the state-owned Israeli weapons manufacturers whose bombs and missiles have ravaged Gaza.

theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...
As Israel Bombed Gaza, Amazon Did Business With Its Bomb-Makers
The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
theintercept.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM