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Joe Bak-Coleman

@jbakcoleman
17 posts
2026-02-01
The guy who vibe coded a crypto rug pull scientific error detection and got coverage in Nature is back with a vibe coded ai social media network, with similarly crypto intentions... getting coverage from major outlets.  —  www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
2026-02-01 View on X
404 Media

A researcher says an exposed Moltbook database could have let anyone take control of the site's AI agents and post anything; the database has since been secured

‘It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.’  —  Moltbook is a “social media” …

2026-01-01
New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social shows meta actively altering shared data to produce rose-tinted results in searches of the as library.  —  Can we reasonably trust the data they share with academics?  —  www.reuters.com/investigatio...
2026-01-01 View on X
Reuters

Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads “not findable” for regulators and others

As regulators press Meta to crack down on rogue advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them.

2025-09-08
Academic collaborations with Meta have pushed back against concerns over bias and such, but this is a pretty jarring exposé into just how far meta goes to shape the research it conducted.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
2025-09-08 View on X
Washington Post

Current and ex-Meta employees submitted documents and affidavits to Congress alleging that Meta suppressed research on child safety risks in its VR platforms

The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.

2022-02-17
This thread is a perfect summary of the remarkable failure to regulate Clearview AI and how it's only going to get harder to do so from here. https://twitter.com/...
2022-02-17 View on X
Washington Post

Leaked pitch deck: Clearview AI told investors that it will have 100B facial photos in its database within a year, after growing to 10B+ since early 2020

because Congress is doing NOTHING to stop this — that it can get away with everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Will Oremus / @willoremus : In the absence of regulation,...

2021-10-28
The most troubling thing about the Facebook papers is the way that academics have largely been shut out of the process. A 🧵👇
2021-10-28 View on X
New York Times

Facebook tells employees to preserve internal docs and communications related to its business since 2016, as governments and legislative bodies begin inquiries

New York Times :

The most troubling thing about the Facebook papers is the way that academics have largely been shut out of the process. A 🧵👇
2021-10-28 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

Casey Newton / Platformer :

2021-10-27
The most troubling thing about the Facebook papers is the way that academics have largely been shut out of the process. A 🧵👇
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

...but we need to understand what's broken, how we could fix it, and who those fixes might impact. Those are empirical questions. If this goes from the press —> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

@FrancesHaugen courageously leaked a trove of internal information, yet so far it is only in the hands of politicians, regulators, and a *ton* of journalists. 4/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

Take a moment to reflect on how we'd feel if BP owned the world's thermometers and the reality of climate change was leaked and being sorted out external to climate scientists. 5/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and break things” with “regulate fast and break things”. Of course, it's great to get journalistic insight into exactly how amoral the organizational structure of FB is... 6/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals

> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and brea...

The most troubling thing about the Facebook papers is the way that academics have largely been shut out of the process. A 🧵👇
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

...but we need to understand what's broken, how we could fix it, and who those fixes might impact. Those are empirical questions. If this goes from the press —> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and break things” with “regulate fast and break things”. Of course, it's great to get journalistic insight into exactly how amoral the organizational structure of FB is... 6/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

@FrancesHaugen courageously leaked a trove of internal information, yet so far it is only in the hands of politicians, regulators, and a *ton* of journalists. 4/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

Take a moment to reflect on how we'd feel if BP owned the world's thermometers and the reality of climate change was leaked and being sorted out external to climate scientists. 5/n
2021-10-27 View on X
Platformer

Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted

A former integrity worker on Facebook's internal “posting culture” and why it's easy to misread the Haugen leaks

2021-09-12
Important thread about the challenges of making FB data reliably useful to researchers. Yet I think it raises a broader question: Would we be comfortable rolling out other technology at scale without a reliable ability to evaluate its safety? https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-12 View on X
New York Times

Internal emails: the data Facebook provided to researchers studying misinformation since 2019 included about half of its US users, not all as it then claimed

More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook trumpeted a plan to share data with researchers about how people interacted …