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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 31, 2023March 30, 2023

This edition features stories from Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis, Kimon de Greef, Tom Vanderbilt, Diane Mehta, and George Stiffman.

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A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.

by Krista Stevens March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

“They say Meta failed to help them and to take OBN and other account manipulators seriously.”

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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 15, 2020October 19, 2022

An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.

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