Naomi Nix

Washington, D.C.

Staff writer focusing on social media

Education: Princeton University, BA in sociology

Naomi Nix is a staff writer for The Washington Post, covering Meta and other social media companies. Before joining The Post in 2022, she was a reporter for Bloomberg News and the Chicago Tribune. Nix's work focuses on how social media platforms influence American democracy and global politics.
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What we love and hate about Threads, Meta’s new Twitter clone

The new social media app Threads is Instagram’s version of a Twitter clone. It has burst onto the scene.

July 12, 2023

Meta has its own ideas about AI regulation

Meta’s Nick Clegg talks AI risk, politics on Threads, and content moderation

July 11, 2023

Tech firms hope sweaty workouts can sell women on VR headsets

Makers of virtual reality headsets move away from gaming in a bid to broaden their customer base.

July 9, 2023

Social media injunction unravels plans to protect 2024 elections

The companies and the government spent years expanding efforts to combat election interference after the 2016 vote; the ruling undoes much of that.

July 8, 2023

With Threads sign-ups surging past 30M, Zuckerberg notches a win

Instagram is branding the new app as a conversation-first text platform with big ambitions. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants it to leapfrog Elon Musk's Twitter.

July 6, 2023

State Dept. cancels Facebook meetings after judge’s ‘censorship’ ruling

A Louisiana federal court’s order limiting the Biden administration’s communications with tech firms already is disrupting efforts to fight misinformation.

July 5, 2023

In Big Tech layoffs, cooks and janitors are hit hardest

Amid a wave of tech company layoffs, contract workers such as on-site cooks and janitors receive the lowest severance packages.

July 5, 2023

The Elonization of Mark Zuckerberg: How the Meta CEO is playing it cool

Mark Zuckerberg is trying to make himself more relevant to the tech elite.

June 24, 2023

Meta employee morale is low. Mark Zuckerberg is touting AI to fix that.

Meta is betting that more job security and innovations in artificial intelligence will boost the internal mood as well as company’s bottom line.

June 9, 2023

Meta starts task force in fight against child pornography on Instagram

A Stanford University report found large networks of accounts operated by minors advertising self-generated child sexual abuse images.

June 7, 2023