Read their stories!

What is AI? from Will www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/10/1...

What we leave behind, from Niall www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/19/1...

And then pieces from our own @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social and @niallfirth.bsky.social are among notable works in the Best American Science and Nature Writing jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25

Then the brilliant Erika Haysaki won the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards in Longform Narratives (www.nasw.org/article/anno...) for this fantastic story www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/16/1...

Even more unsettling though are the conditions inside these compounds. Pete and Emily spoke to several survivors who talk about getting beaten for crossing their legs or not meeting strict quotas. Give it a read, share it, and raise awareness. And subscribe to @technologyreview.com

And, as reporting from @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social and @peterguest.bsky.social reveals, the entire scam from start to end relies on western tech—FB, and also Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp, Tinder, and various crypto exchanges. It’s unsettling, to say the least.

This scams and more broadly the vast romance scam business, sometimes know by the graphic term “pig butchering,” often trick people into becoming scammers by promising them legitimate-sounding jobs abroad. And to do it, criminal syndicates use the Big Tech platforms we all use, including Facebook.

@asilverman.bsky.social and I will be talking abt this story, Clear, biometrics, and identity, on a LinkedIn live tomorrow. Join us: www.linkedin.com/events/72628...