Drew Harwell, Washington Post

Drew Harwell

Washington Post

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  • ScienceAlert
  • Tampa Bay Times
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Past articles by Drew:

Iowa GOP sets Jan. 15 for first-in-the-nation caucus, starting 2024 race

Iowa Republican Party’s state central committee scheduled the contest on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday, → Read More

A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along

For months, the Erica Marsh account had raised suspicions among online misinformation experts due to her lack of a real-world footprint and her devotion to attention-grabbing viewpoints one called “cartoonishly liberal.” → Read More

Truth Social’s merger partner offers $18 million in settlement to SEC

The settlement, which is subject to approval by the SEC, could help unlock hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump’s media company. → Read More

Investors charged with insider trading in Trump Media merger deal

One of the investors allegedly learned of the plan for Digital World Acquisition to merge with Trump Media when he was appointed to DWA's board before the deal was publicly announced. → Read More

New video undercuts claim Twitter censored pro-Trump views before Jan. 6

Twitter employees were told not to take down potentially threatening pro-Trump tweets on the day before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. → Read More

TikTok’s senior U.S. executive steps down in major shake-up

The company also announced a new head of operations and the hiring of a Disney veteran to become the company’s chief brand and communications officer. → Read More

AI-generated child sex images spawn new nightmare for the web

Investigators say AI-generated child sexual abuse images are simple to create, difficult to track and take time away from finding victims of real-world abuse. → Read More

TikTok sues Montana, saying state ban violates First Amendment

The federal lawsuit will set the stage for a broader debate over the short-video app and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. → Read More

Montana TikTok ban will be hard to enforce, if it survives court challenges

The law is supposed to protect users' private data, but enforcing it, experts say, would require more data collection, not less. → Read More

Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump’s Truth Social

But neither Trump Media nor the SPAC that has proposed merging with it has revealed that to the SEC or the SPAC's shareholders. → Read More

He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks.

“It’s an honest day’s work,” he says about the $16 an hour job, the ony work he's found since he was fired from the Trump Media platform he helped found. → Read More

The military loved Discord for Gen Z recruiting. Then the leaks began.

The U.S. Army knows something about Discord — it runs an official 17,000-member chatroom on the service. → Read More

‘Claudia’ offers nude photos for pay. Experts say she’s an AI fake.

New technology has for years been pioneered through porn. AI-image creation hasn't broken from that pattern. → Read More

Twitter strikes New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders

Twitter strikes the New York Times’ verified badge on Elon Musk’s orders. The Times and other news organizations say they won’t pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation. → Read More

How a fake Nashville manifesto fueled anti-trans rage online

The fake highlights how trolls and liars can use computer tools to muddle the truth about mass shootings. → Read More

TikTok CEO’s mission: Fend off a ban. It may be a ‘death wish.’

The app’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, helped invest in the Chinese engineers who founded its parent company. Now, he’s a lonely defender of one of Washington’s most pummeled punching bags. → Read More

A former TikTok employee tells Congress the app is lying about Chinese spying

His claims of data-security flaws, which the company disputes, underscore how seriously Congress has begun taking the wildly popular short-video app. → Read More

FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones

Hundreds of pages of records chronicle the FBI’s years-long attempt to upgrade its facial recognition capabilities to match those deployed in China and Britain. → Read More

Tech’s hottest new job: AI whisperer. No coding required.

Proponents of the growing field argue that the early weirdness of AI chatbots can be avoided by a human giving the machine all the right instructions. → Read More

TikTok’s CEO launches aggressive push to fend off a ban of popular app

After months of virtual silence, TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, is preparing for the fight of his professional life, meeting with members of Congress and state governors as part of an aggressive push to prove the wildly popular Chinese-owned app is not a national security threat. → Read More