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Georgia Wells

@georgia_wells
33 posts
2026-02-11
OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of its ChatGPT ‘adult mode’ By me and @samschech https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-02-11 View on X
New York Times

An OpenAI researcher who helped shape how models were built and priced says she quit after two years due to “deep reservations” about ads and OpenAI's strategy

This week, OpenAI started testing ads on ChatGPT.  I also resigned from the company after spending two years …

OpenAI has cut ties with one of its top safety executives, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of its ChatGPT ‘adult mode’ By me and @samschech https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-02-11 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: OpenAI fired VP Ryan Beiermeister in January for alleged sexual discrimination; she had earlier raised concerns about the upcoming launch of adult mode

The executive, who was accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee, had raised concerns about upcoming launch of erotic content

2023-05-06
An important point that former employees of TikTok emphasized in the reporting for this story is that TikTok and other social-media companies learn a whole lot about users based just on what they watch https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-05-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Ex-staff say TikTok had a list, accessible internally via a dashboard, of users watching LGBTQ content; TikTok says it deleted the dashboard in the US in 2022

Company logged categories of content and users on app in effort to boost engagement; spokeswoman says TikTok has restricted access to that data

2023-03-18
.@jacobhelberg has been quietly building an alliance of China hawks that bridges Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. Their next meeting is next week ahead of TikTok's testimony https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-03-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: some lawmakers and tech executives like Peter Thiel are mobilizing against China's involvement in US tech, ahead of the TikTok CEO's US House testimony

Group to meet ahead of TikTok's testimony before Congress  —  A group of Silicon Valley executives, including investor Peter Thiel …

2023-03-15
“This was the first Twitter-fueled bank run,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry. Here's how social-media posts amplified anxiety over the SVB collapse. w/ @AlexaCorse https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-03-15 View on X
Wall Street Journal

As SVB collapsed, prominent investors, internet provocateurs, and others helped fuel concerns over the US banking system, creating a “Twitter-fueled bank run”

Rapid spread of concerns prompts lawmaker to call it ‘Twitter-fueled bank run’  —  The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: What You Need to Know

“This was the first Twitter-fueled bank run,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry. Here's how social-media posts amplified anxiety over the SVB collapse. w/ @AlexaCorse https://www.wsj.com/...
2023-03-15 View on X
Washington Post

Interviews with 20 people detail the Biden admin's response to SVB's and Signature's collapse, as tech executives and investors lobbied to protect all deposits

It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank?

2022-05-07
TikTok bills itself as the happiest place on the internet. Fueling its success: an exacting management style and demanding work culture. Several former employees say they averaged 85 HOURS of meetings a week By me, @yoreekoh + @sal19: https://www.wsj.com/...
2022-05-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Some ex-TikTok US staff talk of long hours, tight deadlines, lack of work-life boundaries, sleep deprivation, weekend work, and secrecy uncommon in the industry

Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe

2021-12-09
I'm hearing a lot of confusion about Mosseri's statement about teens who consider suicide. So, here's the slide. The second-to-last item: Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British users and 6% of American users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram https://twitter.com/...
2021-12-09 View on X
C-SPAN.org

Video of Adam Mosseri's testimony before a Senate Commerce subcommittee examining Instagram's negative effects on teen mental health

Instagram CEO testifies on impact of platform on young users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee.

“The middle of the night is when you drop news that you don't want people to see,” says senator @MarshaBlackburn She's referring to Facebook's decision to embargo this announcement for 3 a.m. ET https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-12-09 View on X
C-SPAN.org

Video of Adam Mosseri's testimony before a Senate Commerce subcommittee examining Instagram's negative effects on teen mental health

Instagram CEO testifies on impact of platform on young users before a Senate Commerce subcommittee.

2021-11-06
Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 of its users report engaging in compulsive use of the company's app that impacts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships. By me, @dseetharaman + @JeffHorwitz https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-06 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Internal docs: a Facebook well-being team's survey found 12.5% of participants reported compulsive use of Facebook that negatively impacted their lives

360 million people—report engaging in compulsive use of social media that hurts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships. Then Facebook shut down the research team. https://ww...

2021-10-18
“The problem is that we do not and possibly never will have a model that captures even a majority of integrity harms, particularly in sensitive areas,” a senior engineer wrote By @dseetharaman @JeffHorwitz + @ScheckWSJ https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-10-18 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Internal documents: Facebook's AI has minimal success enforcing its rules against problematic content, including removing an estimated 3%-5% of hate speech

AI has only minimal success in removing hate speech, violent images and other problem content, according to internal company reports

2021-10-01
Facebook published two of these slide decks about half an hour after we went to them for comment about the documents we planned to publish.
2021-10-01 View on X
The Verge

Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs

accusing the company of putting profits ahead of children's wellbeing and concealing the harms that its apps pose to young people. The hearing came days after Facebook “paused” wor...

Here are six internal Facebook documents that @JeffHorwitz and I used to report the teen mental health on Instagram story. I'd suggest starting with: TEEN GIRLS BODY IMAGE https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-10-01 View on X
Wall Street Journal

WSJ publishes six internal Facebook documents it used for its report about Instagram's negative impact on teen girls, after Facebook published two of the docs

and genuinely see ways in which they can—do good. I'm really saddened by how readily the company is throwing these researchers under the bus. Jeff Horwitz / @jeffhorwitz : So here ...

Here are six internal Facebook documents that @JeffHorwitz and I used to report the teen mental health on Instagram story. I'd suggest starting with: TEEN GIRLS BODY IMAGE https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-10-01 View on X
TechCrunch

Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly

Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published … Source: Senate Commerce Committee .

Facebook published two of these slide decks about half an hour after we went to them for comment about the documents we planned to publish.
2021-10-01 View on X
TechCrunch

Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly

Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published … Source: Senate Commerce Committee .

2021-09-30
Here are six internal Facebook documents that @JeffHorwitz and I used to report the teen mental health on Instagram story. I'd suggest starting with: TEEN GIRLS BODY IMAGE https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-09-30 View on X
The Verge

Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs

The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night  —  Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram … Source: Facebook and Facebook .

Facebook published two of these slide decks about half an hour after we went to them for comment about the documents we planned to publish.
2021-09-30 View on X
The Verge

Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs

The company shared the PDFs Wednesday night  —  Facebook has shared the internal research about the impact of Instagram … Source: Facebook and Facebook .

2021-09-14
“WE MAKE BODY IMAGE ISSUES WORSE FOR 1 IN 3 TEEN GIRLS.” That's a document that Facebook employees shared internally, summarizing research about teen girls who experience these issues By me, @JeffHorwitz + @dseetharaman https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-09-14 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but it has taken few remedial steps

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public

Facebook research on Instagram represents one of the clearest gaps revealed in the documents between Facebook's understanding of itself and its public position.
2021-09-14 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but it has taken few remedial steps

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public

“If you believe that R.J. Reynolds should have been more truthful about the link between smoking and lung cancer, then you should probably believe that Facebook should be more upfront about links to depression among teen girls,” said @jean_twenge
2021-09-14 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Internal docs: Facebook's own research shows Instagram is harmful to a sizeable percentage of users, especially teen girls, but it has taken few remedial steps

Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public