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👋 Hi friends,
Welcome to the latest edition of Newley’s Notes.
I missed sending NN out last Sunday, as I usually do. This will be a shortened, dog-video-less version, sent in the middle of the week. But I wanted to highlight some reporting I’m really proud of.
👉 Image of the week, number one, above: The Facebook Files, a WSJ series we published last week.
🗞 And image number two: The front page of last Friday’s WSJ, featuring a piece I wrote with my colleagues Justin Scheck and Jeff Horwitz for the series. It went online Thursday.
The headline of our story: Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.
Click through to read the story; you don’t have to be a WSJ subscriber to read it.
🎧 And there’s an accompanying podcast with additional material.
The series, which began on Monday, Sept. 13 and contained contributions from a team of us at the Journal, has already had a sizable impact.
My outstanding colleague Jeff, who covers Facebook and has led our reporting, has also done several media appearances to discuss the series. Here he is on CNN, CNBC, and NPR, among others.
⭐ Here are links to the rest of the stories in the series (again, these links are non-paywalled), each containing unique revelations about how the world’s largest social network operates:
– Monday: Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.
🎧 Podcast here.
– Tuesday: Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
🎧 Podcast here.
– Wednesday: Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead.
🎧 Podcast here.
– Friday: How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated
Normal editions of NN will resume soon!
👊 Fist bump from Hong Kong,
Newley