Naomi Nix
@naominix.bsky.social
I cover Meta and other social media companies for The Washington Post.
New: To compete with OpenAI's Pulse, Meta is testing a new product that would give Facebook users a personalized, AI-powered information briefing www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta is building an AI-powered morning brief in push to compete with ChatGPT
Meta is testing a new product that would give Facebook users a personalized, AI-powered briefing of information relevant to their daily lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New: To compete with OpenAI's Pulse, Meta is testing a new product that would give Facebook users a personalized, AI-powered information briefing www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
New: TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian but that doesn't mean they get more traction online. Analysis @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian
A new report finds 17 pro-Palestinian posts for every pro-Israeli one, but they tend to get the same amount of traction online.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New: TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian but that doesn't mean they get more traction online. Analysis @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Both Republicans and Democrats have long sought to "work the refs" at social media companies that decide which speech should stay up or be taken down. See this oldie but goodie on jawboning /w @cqzakrz.bsky.social
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Ted Cruz, Joe Biden and other politicians ask social media companies to remove posts
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether government demands to remove social media posts violate the First Amendment.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Both Republicans and Democrats have long sought to "work the refs" at social media companies that decide which speech should stay up or be taken down. See this oldie but goodie on jawboning /w @cqzakrz.bsky.social
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A teen told Meta researchers his brother, then under 10, had been sexually propositioned through Meta's VR headsets multiple times. Their boss told them to delete the evidence, they said.
That's one example in our new investigation about Meta's crack down on internal research.
That's one example in our new investigation about Meta's crack down on internal research.
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A teen told Meta researchers his brother, then under 10, had been sexually propositioned through Meta's VR headsets multiple times. Their boss told them to delete the evidence, they said.
That's one example in our new investigation about Meta's crack down on internal research.
That's one example in our new investigation about Meta's crack down on internal research.
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time. How a metastatic cancer patient became collateral damage in federal workforce cuts www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time.
The purge of probationary federal workers included skilled lab personnel who would have finalized a customized cell immunotherapy for cancer patients.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time. How a metastatic cancer patient became collateral damage in federal workforce cuts www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
New(ish): Meta agreed to pay $14.8B for a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence data firm Scale AI, per person familiar. We are confirming reports in NYT, Bloomberg and The Information. Deal could be announced as soon as today. /w
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Meta takes $15 billion stake in Scale AI in bid to catch competitors
Meta agreed to pay $14.8 billion for a 49 percent stake in the AI data firm Scale AI, which will give the company access to talent and data services.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New(ish): Meta agreed to pay $14.8B for a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence data firm Scale AI, per person familiar. We are confirming reports in NYT, Bloomberg and The Information. Deal could be announced as soon as today. /w
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As the Trump administration posts through its mass deportation push, viral images from protests and raids are amping up outrage on both sides. W @drewharwell.com and @naominix.bsky.social
New: A week before the ICE raid on day workers outside a Home Depot ignited the L.A. protests, the White House posted video from a similar bust, calling it an "EPIC Takedown." Commenters called it "disturbing": this "isn't a reality show." But the messaging war had just begun 🧵 wapo.st/4l2fK2A
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As the Trump administration posts through its mass deportation push, viral images from protests and raids are amping up outrage on both sides. W @drewharwell.com and @naominix.bsky.social
New: A tighter job market for tech and lower corporate tolerance for employee activism have stifled the once boisterous worker-led movements in Silicon Valley on everything from AI safety to the Israel-Gaza war. /w @nitasha.bsky.social & Trisha Thadani
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Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissent
A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New: A tighter job market for tech and lower corporate tolerance for employee activism have stifled the once boisterous worker-led movements in Silicon Valley on everything from AI safety to the Israel-Gaza war. /w @nitasha.bsky.social & Trisha Thadani
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Pulitzer winner @anntelnaes.bsky.social "resigned in early January after a top editor rejected one of her cartoons — a depiction of Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with other business moguls, bowing before a statue of Trump, offering up bags of money" www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
The Post wins Pulitzers for Trump rally shooting stories, editorial cartoons
The Washington Post was recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and political cartoons by Ann Telnaes.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pulitzer winner @anntelnaes.bsky.social "resigned in early January after a top editor rejected one of her cartoons — a depiction of Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with other business moguls, bowing before a statue of Trump, offering up bags of money" www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
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the coverage was led by our climate team's @bradydennis.bsky.social, brianna sacks and @byscottdance.com on the ground in NC, w/ assists from @samueloakford.bsky.social in visual forensics and my tech colleagues @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com et al www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
In North Carolina, there was before Helene. This is the after.
“A hundred years from now, they will be talking about this flood,” said one resident in Western North Carolina, where the extent of the disaster is only beginning to emerge.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
the coverage was led by our climate team's @bradydennis.bsky.social, brianna sacks and @byscottdance.com on the ground in NC, w/ assists from @samueloakford.bsky.social in visual forensics and my tech colleagues @gerritd.bsky.social & @jeremybmerrill.com et al www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
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not a big Prize Guy but proud to have played a role on the @washingtonpost.com team that was named a Pulitzer finalist in National Reporting today for our coverage of Hurricane Helene, including the social media-fueled storm of lies that followed in its wake www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024...
How a conspiracy-fueled group got a foothold in this hurricane-battered town
Over the course of 11 days, a supermarket parking lot became a snapshot of the chaos that can unfold in some corners of post-disaster America.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
not a big Prize Guy but proud to have played a role on the @washingtonpost.com team that was named a Pulitzer finalist in National Reporting today for our coverage of Hurricane Helene, including the social media-fueled storm of lies that followed in its wake www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024...
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A belated thank you to everyone who is putting up with Media Tour Faiz this week. I assure you regular programming will resume soon. But as a special treat, you may now see the cover of the Italian edition, which is out now!!
April 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A belated thank you to everyone who is putting up with Media Tour Faiz this week. I assure you regular programming will resume soon. But as a special treat, you may now see the cover of the Italian edition, which is out now!!
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This post appeared under this Techmeme headline:
The OSB was scheduled to release this ruling along with several others NEXT WEEK. After I reached out to OSB for comment on the story on Friday (including the outcome of ruling), I was told they would get back to me by EOD Tues. Instead, they pushed up the release of their rulings to this morning.
April 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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You may have seen a lot of headlines this morning about Meta's @oversightboard.bsky.social latest rulings but there was one officials there clearly didn't want you to read
April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You may have seen a lot of headlines this morning about Meta's @oversightboard.bsky.social latest rulings but there was one officials there clearly didn't want you to read
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Exclusive: Following President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on China, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.
How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm — for now
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.
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April 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Exclusive: Following President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on China, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.
A few takeaways from Zuck so far:
-FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson has really pressed Zuck on the main goal of Facebook, using his own words and company documents. He argues that Facebook has always been about connecting friends and family.
-Zuck says the goal is also to entertain and inform.
-FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson has really pressed Zuck on the main goal of Facebook, using his own words and company documents. He argues that Facebook has always been about connecting friends and family.
-Zuck says the goal is also to entertain and inform.
He has on a suit but the hair is still curly.
April 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A few takeaways from Zuck so far:
-FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson has really pressed Zuck on the main goal of Facebook, using his own words and company documents. He argues that Facebook has always been about connecting friends and family.
-Zuck says the goal is also to entertain and inform.
-FTC lawyer Daniel Matheson has really pressed Zuck on the main goal of Facebook, using his own words and company documents. He argues that Facebook has always been about connecting friends and family.
-Zuck says the goal is also to entertain and inform.
FTC's first witness is Mark Zuckerberg
We'll be continuously updating our coverage of today's hearing of FTC's landmark antitrust case. Opening arguments largely followed their legal briefs www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
FTC says Meta bought up its rivals instead of competing with them
Opening arguments are expected from the FTC and social media giant Meta as the first big antitrust trial of Trump’s second term gets underway in Judge James E. Boasberg’s courtroom.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
FTC's first witness is Mark Zuckerberg
We'll be continuously updating our coverage of today's hearing of FTC's landmark antitrust case. Opening arguments largely followed their legal briefs www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
FTC says Meta bought up its rivals instead of competing with them
Opening arguments are expected from the FTC and social media giant Meta as the first big antitrust trial of Trump’s second term gets underway in Judge James E. Boasberg’s courtroom.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We'll be continuously updating our coverage of today's hearing of FTC's landmark antitrust case. Opening arguments largely followed their legal briefs www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
On Sunday, we published an exclusive story about the extraordinary lengths Meta was willing to take to censor content in order to convince the CCP to allow Facebook to enter China. They were ultimately, unsuccessful. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Zuckerberg’s Meta considered sharing user data with China, whistleblower alleges
Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
On Sunday, we published an exclusive story about the extraordinary lengths Meta was willing to take to censor content in order to convince the CCP to allow Facebook to enter China. They were ultimately, unsuccessful. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Service has dismantled government agencies, stripped down the federal workforce and gained access to sensitive government data — all in an attempt, he says, to “restore democracy.”
Here are the major legal questions about the group’s actions.
Here are the major legal questions about the group’s actions.
Is what DOGE doing even legal?
An overview of the key legal questions about the actions of the group overseen by Elon Musk.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Elon Musk’s DOGE Service has dismantled government agencies, stripped down the federal workforce and gained access to sensitive government data — all in an attempt, he says, to “restore democracy.”
Here are the major legal questions about the group’s actions.
Here are the major legal questions about the group’s actions.
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Using my “personal liberties” to repost this
Here’s why some billionaires are going soft on Trump
February 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Using my “personal liberties” to repost this
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Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post opinion page will no longer publish viewpoints opposing personal liberties and free markets.
In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.
In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.
February 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post opinion page will no longer publish viewpoints opposing personal liberties and free markets.
In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.
In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.
New: Meta is one of several tech companies that have made chronic layoffs routine. This is fundamentally changing the way workers see their jobs, which may offer a preview of what's to come for the federal government's workforce, if Elon has his way: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech layoffs reveal the unintended consequences of mass job cuts
After years of layoffs and cutbacks, tech workers have lost trust in their employers. Federal employees may face the same fate after cuts from the White House.
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February 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New: Meta is one of several tech companies that have made chronic layoffs routine. This is fundamentally changing the way workers see their jobs, which may offer a preview of what's to come for the federal government's workforce, if Elon has his way: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
New: Beijing is increasingly likely to take a hard-line approach, letting TikTok’s U.S. operations die rather than approving a sale as it holds out for a “grand deal” with the Trump administration via Elizabeth Dwoskin, me, and @drewharwell.com
Exclusive: TikTok’s Chinese owner appears to be slow-rolling negotiations for a sale while waiting for a green light from the Chinese government, even as corporate allies of President Donald Trump race to broker a deal to sell the app to an American bidder.
Trump wants a TikTok deal. China may pull the plug.
TikTok’s Chinese owner is slow-rolling negotiations for a sale, as the Trump administration seeks to broker a deal.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New: Beijing is increasingly likely to take a hard-line approach, letting TikTok’s U.S. operations die rather than approving a sale as it holds out for a “grand deal” with the Trump administration via Elizabeth Dwoskin, me, and @drewharwell.com
As I listened to Mark Zuckerberg's all hands yesterday, I was struck by how different his rhetoric was compared to his Joe Rogan interview. We'll have to see how he balances appealing to increasingly disparate audiences from bro podcasters to Meta workers.
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Zuckerberg reassures Meta staff about company values after dramatic policy shifts
In a town hall, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company remains committed to diversity and free expression after unwinding DEI programs
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January 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As I listened to Mark Zuckerberg's all hands yesterday, I was struck by how different his rhetoric was compared to his Joe Rogan interview. We'll have to see how he balances appealing to increasingly disparate audiences from bro podcasters to Meta workers.
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