Kang-Xing Jin

board member @CivicNewsCo;
former VP, head of health @Meta

[Kang-Xing Jin @kxjin]

@sama Appreciate the focus here. What are the specific serious mental health issues you have been able to mitigate, and could you share how you measure success? What are the prevalence and severity of the issues, and have they improved after your changes?

[Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman]

Big Leadership Job at Rebuild Local News -- Director of Research. Fresh off our big report with Muck Rack, we are convinced that strong "applied" research can help advance laws, philanthropic support and innovation. https://t.co/qIgbBpfUqJ

[Steve Glazer @Steve_Glazer]

California expands the nation’s largest state news fellowships. It was championed by @SenBlakespear and @AsmMarcBerman with major assist by Senators @Scott_Wiener @ilike_mike and Laird plus Asm Gabriel and Alvarez
https://t.co/MSXEG5Lj7e

[Rebuild Local News @Rebuild_News]

Big News: Rebuild Local News has been awarded $5.25M from Press Forward, @knightfdn and @macfound to drive nonpartisan state and local policies that strengthen local journalism and support the civic health of our communities.

Learn more: https://t.co/Ooh2NHaePc

[Community Notes @CommunityNotes]

Community Notes show when they’re found helpful by people who normally disagree. What if we could do the same for posts, recognizing posts that are liked by people who normally disagree? We’ve heard requests for this for years since launching Community Notes, and we’re starting a small, experimental pilot to test the concept.

Starting today, a subset of Community Notes contributors — representing a wide range of viewpoints — will occasionally see a new callout in the product. The callout shows based on early and limited Like signals on the post. Contributors can then rate and provide feedback about the post, helping to develop an open source algorithm that could effectively identify posts liked by people from different perspectives.

People often feel the world is divided, yet Community Notes shows people can agree, even on contentious topics. This experimental new feature seeks to uncover ideas, insights, and opinions that bridge perspectives. It can bring awareness to what resonates broadly. It could motivate people to share those ideas in the first place. Ultimately, it could help move the world forward in ways that the people want.

Following the path we used to develop Community Notes, we’re building in public with a small pilot so that this concept can be shaped by the people. We look forward to learning and iterating with you all as we do with Community Notes every day.

Learn more at https://t.co/PvWa3neupo

[Will Cathcart @wcathcart]

This ruling is a huge win for privacy.

We spent five years presenting our case because we firmly believe that spyware companies could not hide behind immunity or avoid accountability for their unlawful actions.

Surveillance companies should be on notice that illegal spying will not be tolerated.

WhatsApp will never stop working to protect people’s private communication.

https://t.co/QgYLZTyV5Y

[Kang-Xing Jin @kxjin]

@aleximm @yipitdata @Uber @lyft @WaymoCommunity How has ride volume changed during this period (vs. share)?

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

What type of information about your community is most important to you? Are you satisfied with your options?

Later today, Civic News Company is publishing a "census" report about that... 🧵

[Civic News Company @CivicNewsCo]

Today we're publishing a new report on the local information needs of Americans.

It offers important new insights into gaps between the local news and information Americans view as important and their satisfaction with what they actually have day-to-day.

https://t.co/xeM8TEHLLO

[Kang-Xing Jin @kxjin]

@allafarce Why is it being sunset?

[Jessica Huseman @JessicaHuseman]

WOOOOOO! Thanks @SarahScire for this awesome write up of @VotebeatUS and @knightfdn's expert desk! Journalists can still sign up. Link at the end of the article! https://t.co/Xw2pFG2t9n

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

This paper makes a compelling case that, if you want to be happier, better informed, and like your fellow humans more, you should simply unfollow hyperpartisan accounts.

It works "like a scalpel" cutting out the harmful X stuff "while allowing the beneficial aspects to remain."

[Steve Rathje @steverathje2]

In 2 digital field experiments, we found that unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers on Twitter:

-Reduced partisan animosity by 24%—with effects persisting for 6 months!
-Increased satisfaction with Twitter
-Led people to share higher-quality news

https://t.co/OqdS56xHg3 (thread)

[Chad Lorenz @chadAlorenz]

It’s a huge honor to be included in this group of incredible patriots, from across the political spectrum, who are working to strengthen election trust and serve voters. https://t.co/rwrIn3CLRV

[Jessica Huseman @JessicaHuseman]

HEY Y'ALL @VotebeatUS HAS FREE STUFF FOR REPORTERS COVERING VOTING THIS SEASON.

Most excitingly: A Slack channel open to journalists in local and non-profit newsrooms with *literally dozens* of experts who can answer instant questions on the record. https://t.co/zklGusctsb

[Elizabeth Green @elizwgreen]

Everyone is growing up 🥹 and making me proud 💪🏻 https://t.co/vcu2u5ojXc

[Kang-Xing Jin @kxjin]

@adamkovac @Steve_Glazer And I don't think Google has threatened to pass through the fees its paying in Canada for C-18 (or Meta in its Australia deals), and it's also not threatening to pass through the fees for the California settlement, even though these are all costs.

[Kang-Xing Jin @kxjin]

@adamkovac @Steve_Glazer Even on the DST side, in the UK Meta didn’t act in the same way as Amazon and Google (https://t.co/8hBlVlbtNX), and as far as I can tell the advertiser impact of the DSTs in the UK has been relatively muted several years in.