Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable outside observers describe the messy fight between Meta and The Wire (Platformer)

The Wire:
The Wire retracts its recent stories on Meta and says it is using “independent external experts” to conduct an investigation into its Meta coverage  —  Earlier this week, The Wire announced its decision to conduct an internal review of its recent coverage of Meta …

Aditi Agrawal / Newslaundry:
The Wire says it is suspending its stories on Meta and India’s ruling party as it does a “thorough review”; “experts” cited in coverage deny they were consulted  —  Varadarajan confirmed the news site will review ‘all material and documents and sources’.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
Interviews with TikTok moderators in Colombia, contracted via Teleperformance, describe pay as low as $10 per day, horrific content, long hours, and more  —  Content warning: This story contains description of extreme and disturbing violence, suicide, child abuse and cruelty to animals.

Casey Newton / Platformer:
Source: Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox directed the New Product Experimentation division to scale back and focus entirely on short-form video innovation  —  Facebook’s New Product Experimentation division is scaling back its mission dramatically, Platformer has learned.

Casey Newton / Platformer:
TikTok and ByteDance’s links to China mean wrongdoing will be punished more harshly in the US than Meta and Twitter, no matter how “transparent” the company is  —  In new testimony to Congress, the company faces stern questions on China  —  Ever since TikTok became …

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Memo: Twitter told staff that there haven’t been plans for companywide layoffs since it signed a deal with Elon Musk, and that it can’t confirm Musk’s plans  —  Twitter Inc., confronting reports that Elon Musk aims to gut its workforce as part of his takeover, told staff that there haven’t been plans …