Julia Angwin
@juliaangwin.com
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NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, Independent Media program HKS
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Julia Angwin
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"Whether all is really lost
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
I was so in awe on my first day at the Washington Post as an intern. It is so hard to get my head around its senseless destruction.
The only silver lining is watching the donations roll in for the Washington Post staffers. Solidarity is the only way out.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
The only silver lining is watching the donations roll in for the Washington Post staffers. Solidarity is the only way out.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I was so in awe on my first day at the Washington Post as an intern. It is so hard to get my head around its senseless destruction.
The only silver lining is watching the donations roll in for the Washington Post staffers. Solidarity is the only way out.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
The only silver lining is watching the donations roll in for the Washington Post staffers. Solidarity is the only way out.
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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I've been thinking a lot about the role of cell phones in a time like this. So I calledup @godin.bsky.social from @bellingcat.com and @juliaangwin.com to talk about it slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Can Cell Phones Stop ICE?
In the information war, the most powerful weapon is documentation from multiple angles.
slate.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the role of cell phones in a time like this. So I calledup @godin.bsky.social from @bellingcat.com and @juliaangwin.com to talk about it slate.com/podcasts/wha...
"Whether all is really lost
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"Whether all is really lost
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost."
-- Václav Havel
Fun inbox this a.m. - as usual
the haters are bad at spelling.
the haters are bad at spelling.
![Email from Donnie T to Julia Angwin: best weapon against ICE is not a phone libtard, it’s getting rid of all the ILIEGALS [sic] that were let in to crash the country down while you munch on a rug. Silly cow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ohugifx3xouerbmcljjs4kpc/bafkreihzkitb3a3uu6aglraecpu2ipuzyio3pq6qw2cpdfi36crunnmaju@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Fun inbox this a.m. - as usual
the haters are bad at spelling.
the haters are bad at spelling.
The fight in Minnesota is the fight to bear witness to state violence.
The First Amendment grants us this right on paper, but it is being contested in the street. A state that controls the cameras is a police state.
My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
The First Amendment grants us this right on paper, but it is being contested in the street. A state that controls the cameras is a police state.
My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | We Need a New Amendment: The Right to Bear Phones
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The fight in Minnesota is the fight to bear witness to state violence.
The First Amendment grants us this right on paper, but it is being contested in the street. A state that controls the cameras is a police state.
My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
The First Amendment grants us this right on paper, but it is being contested in the street. A state that controls the cameras is a police state.
My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Flashbangs burn hotter then lava.
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed.
*That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids.
Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com:
www.propublica.org/article/flas...
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I went greyscale a few years ago. LOVE the freedom. Wisdom via @juliaangwin.com NYT
« It may sound cheesy, but to be honest, I feel like turning off color on my phone made me more aware and more appreciative of the color and beauty in real life. »
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
« It may sound cheesy, but to be honest, I feel like turning off color on my phone made me more aware and more appreciative of the color and beauty in real life. »
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
Opinion | I Killed Color on My Phone. The Result Shocked Me.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I went greyscale a few years ago. LOVE the freedom. Wisdom via @juliaangwin.com NYT
« It may sound cheesy, but to be honest, I feel like turning off color on my phone made me more aware and more appreciative of the color and beauty in real life. »
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
« It may sound cheesy, but to be honest, I feel like turning off color on my phone made me more aware and more appreciative of the color and beauty in real life. »
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...
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“The audience has taken the wheel, and we’re all in the passenger seat now.” - @juliaangwin.com
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“The audience has taken the wheel, and we’re all in the passenger seat now.” - @juliaangwin.com
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
My prediction for journalism in 2026: we are in a fully demand-driven news market now. Audiences drive coverage -- for better and for worse.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
Audiences will increasingly direct news coverage — for better and for worse
"The audience has taken the wheel, and we're all in the passenger seat now."
www.niemanlab.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My prediction for journalism in 2026: we are in a fully demand-driven news market now. Audiences drive coverage -- for better and for worse.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/audi...
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Too long for the character limit but
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Too long for the character limit but
What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
My @jskstanford.bsky.social year at Stanford centers on one question: What grows when you build a community newsroom inside a public library? I've been testing it in Brooklyn neighborhood. It's works.
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
I Have An Idea To Open 16,000 Newsrooms In The U.S.
What happens when journalism lives inside the public library?
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
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this is a stunning piece of data journalism/art/whatever.
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
this is a stunning piece of data journalism/art/whatever.
Authors -- you are entitled to a payment for the books of yours that Anthropic stole for its AI. It's about $1,500 per book. I just filed - you should too!
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?_gl=1*1ersia....
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?_gl=1*1ersia....
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Authors -- you are entitled to a payment for the books of yours that Anthropic stole for its AI. It's about $1,500 per book. I just filed - you should too!
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?_gl=1*1ersia....
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com?_gl=1*1ersia....
@alexreisner.bsky.social bringing the AI receipts - as always!
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@alexreisner.bsky.social bringing the AI receipts - as always!
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Just a gentle reminder that the panic about phones melting our brains could well be a convenient way to justify rules that could be used to prevent us from using our phones to film state violence.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just a gentle reminder that the panic about phones melting our brains could well be a convenient way to justify rules that could be used to prevent us from using our phones to film state violence.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Tomorrow! Next in our series w NYPL, D&S ED Janet Haven will talk to @cmcilwain.bsky.social, @juliaangwin.com & @catherinebracy.com about the power and potential of AI in the *public* interest. In-person spots are going fast; reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tomorrow! Next in our series w NYPL, D&S ED Janet Haven will talk to @cmcilwain.bsky.social, @juliaangwin.com & @catherinebracy.com about the power and potential of AI in the *public* interest. In-person spots are going fast; reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
Hey folks! A little bit of news from me. I'll be starting a new program at the @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social in January focusing on how we can support and bolster the independent media that is so crucial to our democracy.
shorensteincenter.org/article/inde...
shorensteincenter.org/article/inde...
Announcing new program on independent media, Julia Angwin to join as inaugural director - The Shorenstein Center
shorensteincenter.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey folks! A little bit of news from me. I'll be starting a new program at the @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social in January focusing on how we can support and bolster the independent media that is so crucial to our democracy.
shorensteincenter.org/article/inde...
shorensteincenter.org/article/inde...
This is, unfortunately, the right question — will we let our freedom be stolen?
(Shameless plug: This is why I’m writing a book on how we can fight back. buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...)
(Shameless plug: This is why I’m writing a book on how we can fight back. buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...)
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is, unfortunately, the right question — will we let our freedom be stolen?
(Shameless plug: This is why I’m writing a book on how we can fight back. buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...)
(Shameless plug: This is why I’m writing a book on how we can fight back. buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...)
In an era of increasing government crackdowns on speech, can we afford to entrench Google as the gatekeeper to our information landscape?
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
Opinion | Google Wins, We Lose
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In an era of increasing government crackdowns on speech, can we afford to entrench Google as the gatekeeper to our information landscape?
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
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for iOS, it's Accessibility -> Display -> Color Filters flip them on and choose greyscale
I changed my phone to grayscale and I feel like I just quit meth. It's unbelievable how much less of a hold it has on me now. Highly recommend trying it!
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
for iOS, it's Accessibility -> Display -> Color Filters flip them on and choose greyscale
I changed my phone to grayscale and I feel like I just quit meth. It's unbelievable how much less of a hold it has on me now. Highly recommend trying it!
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I changed my phone to grayscale and I feel like I just quit meth. It's unbelievable how much less of a hold it has on me now. Highly recommend trying it!
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Some exciting news to share: I’m writing a book — with the great @juliaangwin.com for HarperCollins/Mariner. ON COURAGE is a deeply reported case for courage in our age of authoritarianism, weaving the stories and lessons of dissidents on five continents into a guide for Americans. See you in 2026.
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some exciting news to share: I’m writing a book — with the great @juliaangwin.com for HarperCollins/Mariner. ON COURAGE is a deeply reported case for courage in our age of authoritarianism, weaving the stories and lessons of dissidents on five continents into a guide for Americans. See you in 2026.
I’m thrilled to announce that @fieldsmeyer.com and I are writing a book about how to challenge authoritarianism.
“On Courage: To be a Dissident in America’s Age of Fear,” is scheduled to be published by Harper Collins next summer.
“On Courage: To be a Dissident in America’s Age of Fear,” is scheduled to be published by Harper Collins next summer.
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I’m thrilled to announce that @fieldsmeyer.com and I are writing a book about how to challenge authoritarianism.
“On Courage: To be a Dissident in America’s Age of Fear,” is scheduled to be published by Harper Collins next summer.
“On Courage: To be a Dissident in America’s Age of Fear,” is scheduled to be published by Harper Collins next summer.