FB knew human traffickers used its sites to sell people. It took limited action against them until Apple Inc. threatened to remove FB and IG from its app store w/ @newley @JeffHorwitz wsj.com/articles/faceb… via @WSJ
Justin Scheck
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Justin Scheck
@ScheckNYTimes
New York Times reporter, Co-author Blood and Oil
California, USA
Joined March 2013
- Replying to @JohnDeVore and @delia_caiProbably his second-best experience in an elevator
- FB found a Mexican cartel using its sites to hire hitmen. But it didn't kick the CJNG off IG. Even after FB's findings, CJNG posted videos of shootings, and a photo of a trash bag full of hands @newley @JeffHorwitz wsj.com/articles/faceb… via @WSJ
- With the last days’ turmoil in Saudi Arabia, here’s the cover of the book that @bradleyhope and I are writing about MBS, to be published later this year.
- Meet Captain Saud in the latest excerpt from Blood and Oil, with @bradleyhope in Vanity Fair today vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/h…
- My uncle Richard Brodsky died last night. He was indeed "a towering figure ... always willing to speak his mind and rail for change" in politics and family too -- lots of opinions, lots of railing and lots of love, always with the Brodsky edge. lohud.com/story/news/pol… via @lohud
- Really excited: Blood and Oil got a starred review from Kirkus today. Out Sept. 1! @bradleyhope #bloodandoil #mohammedbinsalman #saudiarabia kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/b… #kirkusreviews
- I’ve known @nxthompson for years, but this is the first time I’ve had a byline in his mag. The latest excerpt from Blood and Oil, out today, with @bradleyhope wired.com/story/mohammed…
- David Sanford was a WSJ legend and wrote a story that made me proud of the institution where I worked for 15 years. wsj.com/articles/SB847… He was also a great editor and the best kind of benevolent newsroom grouch. The rest of us grouches will miss him.
- I am extremely happy to be heading back to London to join this new NYT team.The International desk continues to expand our commitment to investigative journalism, welcoming Megha Rajagopalan (@meghara) and Justin Scheck (@ScheckNYTimes) to our international investigations team. Read more: nytco.com/press/the-new-…
- Facebook uses free internet access to boost user growth in poor countries. But many people end up with charges, a problem the company knows about. It “breaches our transparency principle,” according to internal documents. wsj.com/articles/faceb… via @WSJ
