Emily Baker-White
@ebakerwhite.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @ Forbes, fmr BuzzFeed News. Author: Every Screen On The Planet: The War Over TikTok.
Tip me here! emilybakerwhite@protonmail.com
Prev. content policy @ Facebook, Spotify. Founder, Plain View Project. HLS c/o 2015.
Tip me here! emilybakerwhite@protonmail.com
Prev. content policy @ Facebook, Spotify. Founder, Plain View Project. HLS c/o 2015.
The gov shouldn’t be able to access our thoughts at scale. Full stop.
But could “chatbot privilege” shield tech cos from accountability by keeping *their* speech private too?
This argument assumes chatbot convos are a social good we want to protect. Are they??
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
But could “chatbot privilege” shield tech cos from accountability by keeping *their* speech private too?
This argument assumes chatbot convos are a social good we want to protect. Are they??
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The gov shouldn’t be able to access our thoughts at scale. Full stop.
But could “chatbot privilege” shield tech cos from accountability by keeping *their* speech private too?
This argument assumes chatbot convos are a social good we want to protect. Are they??
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
But could “chatbot privilege” shield tech cos from accountability by keeping *their* speech private too?
This argument assumes chatbot convos are a social good we want to protect. Are they??
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
This is such a weird framing — nobody “loses” the Nobel Peace Prize!
It’s not like he was in the postseason for Nobels or something; he “lost” only as much as, like, your mom did.
It’s not like he was in the postseason for Nobels or something; he “lost” only as much as, like, your mom did.
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is such a weird framing — nobody “loses” the Nobel Peace Prize!
It’s not like he was in the postseason for Nobels or something; he “lost” only as much as, like, your mom did.
It’s not like he was in the postseason for Nobels or something; he “lost” only as much as, like, your mom did.
um, that is specifically NOT what indiscriminate means.
September 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
um, that is specifically NOT what indiscriminate means.
Welp, this Bangladeshi news website published an article with a totally made-up quote from me today!
The report it cites presumably also doesn’t exist? Really cool media landscape we’ve got here, folks!
inews.zoombangla.com/will-joe-rog...
The report it cites presumably also doesn’t exist? Really cool media landscape we’ve got here, folks!
inews.zoombangla.com/will-joe-rog...
August 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Welp, this Bangladeshi news website published an article with a totally made-up quote from me today!
The report it cites presumably also doesn’t exist? Really cool media landscape we’ve got here, folks!
inews.zoombangla.com/will-joe-rog...
The report it cites presumably also doesn’t exist? Really cool media landscape we’ve got here, folks!
inews.zoombangla.com/will-joe-rog...
and fwiw, my personal result is fucking staggering:
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
and fwiw, my personal result is fucking staggering:
@garmin.com why why why do you insist on coding runs like this as “high aerobic”
August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@garmin.com why why why do you insist on coding runs like this as “high aerobic”
The people who are supposedly guarding this system from misuse are in some cases “former military personnel with little coding experience who are paid barely more than minimum wage for the work.”
yikes
yikes
July 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The people who are supposedly guarding this system from misuse are in some cases “former military personnel with little coding experience who are paid barely more than minimum wage for the work.”
yikes
yikes
Saw this car outside our local Home Depot this weekend. Was it:
(a) kidnappermobile
(b) undercover cop
(c) ICE?
Never seen a car like this in my life.
(a) kidnappermobile
(b) undercover cop
(c) ICE?
Never seen a car like this in my life.
July 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Saw this car outside our local Home Depot this weekend. Was it:
(a) kidnappermobile
(b) undercover cop
(c) ICE?
Never seen a car like this in my life.
(a) kidnappermobile
(b) undercover cop
(c) ICE?
Never seen a car like this in my life.
which specific viewpoints are we talkin about here?
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
which specific viewpoints are we talkin about here?
imagine being the ChatGPT info op researcher to discover that your targets used ChatGPT to generate a complete list of all the ways they misused ChatGPT
June 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
imagine being the ChatGPT info op researcher to discover that your targets used ChatGPT to generate a complete list of all the ways they misused ChatGPT
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Saw this question from the other site earlier today and spluttered: No! No chatbot answer is ever 'authentic'! Chatbots are developed by corporations to advance those corporations' aims and the fact that we only occasionally notice they're doing that is The Problem!
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
May 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Saw this question from the other site earlier today and spluttered: No! No chatbot answer is ever 'authentic'! Chatbots are developed by corporations to advance those corporations' aims and the fact that we only occasionally notice they're doing that is The Problem!
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
my "this is totally not viewpoint discrimination" EO has people asking a lot of questions answered by ...the very next sentence in the EO
May 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
my "this is totally not viewpoint discrimination" EO has people asking a lot of questions answered by ...the very next sentence in the EO
Well, sir, for one thing: it's not at all clear that he IS an MS-13 gang member. Some, er, due process might help sort that out.
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Well, sir, for one thing: it's not at all clear that he IS an MS-13 gang member. Some, er, due process might help sort that out.
fellas is it gay to [checks notes] not crash the global economy
April 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
fellas is it gay to [checks notes] not crash the global economy
I love him so much
March 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I love him so much
'it is rude to point out that our ancestors owned human beings'
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
'it is rude to point out that our ancestors owned human beings'
"current algorithm remains in new company"
No, not "remains." Either ByteDance will continue to own the TikTok For You algorithm, as it does today, or it won't.
No, not "remains." Either ByteDance will continue to own the TikTok For You algorithm, as it does today, or it won't.
March 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"current algorithm remains in new company"
No, not "remains." Either ByteDance will continue to own the TikTok For You algorithm, as it does today, or it won't.
No, not "remains." Either ByteDance will continue to own the TikTok For You algorithm, as it does today, or it won't.
Went for a late morning walk and guys, CA is real pretty right now
also encountered a big fluffy dog whose tail wagged in circles as he ran ❤️
also encountered a big fluffy dog whose tail wagged in circles as he ran ❤️
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Went for a late morning walk and guys, CA is real pretty right now
also encountered a big fluffy dog whose tail wagged in circles as he ran ❤️
also encountered a big fluffy dog whose tail wagged in circles as he ran ❤️
A forehead perfect for kissing
March 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A forehead perfect for kissing
The dough, it has risen
March 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The dough, it has risen
What do you call this kind of loaf?
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What do you call this kind of loaf?
February 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM