Jeff Horwitz
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
Reporter covering Meta, social media and other topics (hopefully) for Reuters' investigative Team.
Based on the volume of pied-à-terre tax news coverage I see, I'm assuming that either most Americans own a penthouse in Manhattan that they do not occupy or that the median newspaper subscriber is Ken Griffin.
Gotta be one of those two.
Gotta be one of those two.
August 26, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Based on the volume of pied-à-terre tax news coverage I see, I'm assuming that either most Americans own a penthouse in Manhattan that they do not occupy or that the median newspaper subscriber is Ken Griffin.
Gotta be one of those two.
Gotta be one of those two.
Got prescribed progressive lenses this morning and I can already see the my approaching death so much more clearly!
August 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Got prescribed progressive lenses this morning and I can already see the my approaching death so much more clearly!
ProPublica has begun noting that its story summaries are written by the humans responsible for the stories (in contrast to everyone else's AI-generated summaries).
August 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ProPublica has begun noting that its story summaries are written by the humans responsible for the stories (in contrast to everyone else's AI-generated summaries).
This @oliviasolon.bsky.social story is deeply funny. Bill Gates’ daughter appears to have been built her startup around cookie stuffing, a form of ad fraud.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Phoebe Gates Knew Phia Shopping App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t Drive
Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for features in the e-commerce startup’s software that took credit for sales it didn’t drive, according to internal communications and people wit...
www.bloomberg.com
August 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This @oliviasolon.bsky.social story is deeply funny. Bill Gates’ daughter appears to have been built her startup around cookie stuffing, a form of ad fraud.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I've repeatedly run into a 4 y.o. tripod husky named Chicken Nuggy at Contra Costa Animal Services. While he's not at risk of euthanasia, I consider the Nug's ongoing availability to be a market failure.
Can attest that in person he is the party that his photo indicates. Someone get on this.
Can attest that in person he is the party that his photo indicates. Someone get on this.
July 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I've repeatedly run into a 4 y.o. tripod husky named Chicken Nuggy at Contra Costa Animal Services. While he's not at risk of euthanasia, I consider the Nug's ongoing availability to be a market failure.
Can attest that in person he is the party that his photo indicates. Someone get on this.
Can attest that in person he is the party that his photo indicates. Someone get on this.
I would pay good money never to hear the phrase "maxxing" ever again.
July 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I would pay good money never to hear the phrase "maxxing" ever again.
This one was a great read. Nice, @alexsammon.bsky.social
America is in the midst of a shoplifting crisis the level of social collapse. Gavin Newsom thinks so; Ron DeSantis thinks so; House D+Rs think so. So i went to the world's most advanced anti-shoplifting lab to get the hard science, and found...the anatomy of a crime panic. slate.com/life/2026/07...
It’s Where Retailers Wage War on Shoplifters. I Went There. I Saw Too Much.
At the headquarters of the war on “shrink,” I saw too much.
slate.com
July 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This one was a great read. Nice, @alexsammon.bsky.social
Been getting advertisements for Temu novelty t-shirts a lot, and the concept of a slop-based wardrobe might be growing on me.
July 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Been getting advertisements for Temu novelty t-shirts a lot, and the concept of a slop-based wardrobe might be growing on me.
Look, when I confidentially file for an IPO none of you are going to know about it.
These guys just have no chill.
These guys just have no chill.
June 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Look, when I confidentially file for an IPO none of you are going to know about it.
These guys just have no chill.
These guys just have no chill.
Maria is wildly talented and I’ve known her since American Banker days. Just an awesome reporter with technical depth and a penchant for simplifying and humanizing complex topics.
This sucks, I hate this industry and everyone should hire her.
This sucks, I hate this industry and everyone should hire her.
Some personal news, un-fun edition. Proud of my work for NPR, grateful to have spent the past two years learning the joys of audio/broadcasting/podcasting from some wonderful colleagues, and looking forward to what's next. I'm at [email protected]
June 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Maria is wildly talented and I’ve known her since American Banker days. Just an awesome reporter with technical depth and a penchant for simplifying and humanizing complex topics.
This sucks, I hate this industry and everyone should hire her.
This sucks, I hate this industry and everyone should hire her.
Some wild details from @courtneyrozen.bsky.social about how social media companies paid child-focused orgs to recommend kids engage with their products.
Google sponsored the Girl Scouts "Be Internet Awesome Fun Patch" and a special edition of Highlights Magazine.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Google sponsored the Girl Scouts "Be Internet Awesome Fun Patch" and a special edition of Highlights Magazine.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids' screen time
Meta and Google enlisted trusted children's brands such as Sesame Street, Girl Scouts and Highlights magazine to teach kids to use technology in moderation - even as the companies designed apps that m...
www.reuters.com
May 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Some wild details from @courtneyrozen.bsky.social about how social media companies paid child-focused orgs to recommend kids engage with their products.
Google sponsored the Girl Scouts "Be Internet Awesome Fun Patch" and a special edition of Highlights Magazine.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Google sponsored the Girl Scouts "Be Internet Awesome Fun Patch" and a special edition of Highlights Magazine.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
On X, I'm seeing two dominant strains of Grok interaction.
1. Lazy fact-checking, e.g. "Gork, is this true?"
2. Unconditional positive reinforcement, such as the below:
1. Lazy fact-checking, e.g. "Gork, is this true?"
2. Unconditional positive reinforcement, such as the below:
May 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
On X, I'm seeing two dominant strains of Grok interaction.
1. Lazy fact-checking, e.g. "Gork, is this true?"
2. Unconditional positive reinforcement, such as the below:
1. Lazy fact-checking, e.g. "Gork, is this true?"
2. Unconditional positive reinforcement, such as the below:
It's rarely good when "holocaust" is trending on Twitter.
May 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It's rarely good when "holocaust" is trending on Twitter.
Reposted by Jeff Horwitz
We got a Pulitzer!
Along with thanking my editors here - Steve Stecklow, Mike Williams and Paulo Prada -- I need to thank Jason Dean, my former WSJ bureau chief who oversaw and occasionally fought for my Meta work. Congratulations to @theinformation.com for hiring him!
Along with thanking my editors here - Steve Stecklow, Mike Williams and Paulo Prada -- I need to thank Jason Dean, my former WSJ bureau chief who oversaw and occasionally fought for my Meta work. Congratulations to @theinformation.com for hiring him!
May 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
We got a Pulitzer!
Along with thanking my editors here - Steve Stecklow, Mike Williams and Paulo Prada -- I need to thank Jason Dean, my former WSJ bureau chief who oversaw and occasionally fought for my Meta work. Congratulations to @theinformation.com for hiring him!
Along with thanking my editors here - Steve Stecklow, Mike Williams and Paulo Prada -- I need to thank Jason Dean, my former WSJ bureau chief who oversaw and occasionally fought for my Meta work. Congratulations to @theinformation.com for hiring him!
Academics find that 3% of Polymarket accounts are driving price discovery, suggesting the platform offers a way for a small minority of informed players to cash in on previously unmonetizable information advantages.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority?
Prediction markets are remarkably accurate, yet the source of this accuracy remains poorly understood. The conventional view attributes it to crowd wisdom, wher
papers.ssrn.com
April 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Academics find that 3% of Polymarket accounts are driving price discovery, suggesting the platform offers a way for a small minority of informed players to cash in on previously unmonetizable information advantages.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Does Polymarket offer bets on how many people get arrested for illegal behavior related to Polymarket bets?
April 25, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Does Polymarket offer bets on how many people get arrested for illegal behavior related to Polymarket bets?
Over on X, virtually every prominent financial account has accrued multiple copycats that steal their name and avatar and then reply to all their posts with an invitation to "come check out my strategy" and a link to a scam.
It's a stable ecosystem, just one that's real heavy on the parasites.
It's a stable ecosystem, just one that's real heavy on the parasites.
April 21, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Over on X, virtually every prominent financial account has accrued multiple copycats that steal their name and avatar and then reply to all their posts with an invitation to "come check out my strategy" and a link to a scam.
It's a stable ecosystem, just one that's real heavy on the parasites.
It's a stable ecosystem, just one that's real heavy on the parasites.
Reposted by Jeff Horwitz
NEW: we @consumerfed.bsky.social are suing Meta in DC for knowingly facilitating massive scam losses through ads and misleading consumers about what they're doing to stop it
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
thanks to @tyckozavareei.bsky.social @techjusticelaw.bsky.social for repping us.
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
thanks to @tyckozavareei.bsky.social @techjusticelaw.bsky.social for repping us.
April 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
NEW: we @consumerfed.bsky.social are suing Meta in DC for knowingly facilitating massive scam losses through ads and misleading consumers about what they're doing to stop it
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
thanks to @tyckozavareei.bsky.social @techjusticelaw.bsky.social for repping us.
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
thanks to @tyckozavareei.bsky.social @techjusticelaw.bsky.social for repping us.
Meta will begin keystroke logging US employees at work -- complete with mouse movements and periodic screenshots -- to train better AI agents.
This comes after Boz posted about a future in which AI will "primarily do the work" at meta.
It's a new era for tech labor. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
This comes after Boz posted about a future in which AI will "primarily do the work" at meta.
It's a new era for tech labor. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial-intelligence models, part of a broad ...
www.reuters.com
April 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Meta will begin keystroke logging US employees at work -- complete with mouse movements and periodic screenshots -- to train better AI agents.
This comes after Boz posted about a future in which AI will "primarily do the work" at meta.
It's a new era for tech labor. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
This comes after Boz posted about a future in which AI will "primarily do the work" at meta.
It's a new era for tech labor. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Nobody's recently asked, but in case anybody's interested I also will agree to buy $100 billion of your future services if you give me $5 billion upfront
April 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Nobody's recently asked, but in case anybody's interested I also will agree to buy $100 billion of your future services if you give me $5 billion upfront
The size of Meta's future layoff waves will depend on the speed of improvements in AI tooling and capacity.
It sets up a wild workplace dynamic.
www.reuters.com/world/meta-t...
It sets up a wild workplace dynamic.
www.reuters.com/world/meta-t...
Exclusive: Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026
Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The size of Meta's future layoff waves will depend on the speed of improvements in AI tooling and capacity.
It sets up a wild workplace dynamic.
www.reuters.com/world/meta-t...
It sets up a wild workplace dynamic.
www.reuters.com/world/meta-t...
Reposted by Jeff Horwitz
i love when content is on platforms
April 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
i love when content is on platforms