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Nicholas Confessore

Business

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed.

Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia, Nicholas Confessore New York Times Dec 2018 20min Permalink

Business Tech

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

On the lengths Mark Zuckberberg and Sheryl Sandberg have gone to protect their power.

Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg, Jack Nicas New York Times Nov 2018 25min Permalink

Politics

How to Get Rich in Trump’s Washington

A new breed of lobbyist comes to K Street.

Nicholas Confessore New York Times Magazine Aug 2017 30min Permalink

Business

How to Hide $400 Million

When a wealthy businessman set out to divorce his wife, their fortune vanished. The quest to find it would reveal the depths of an offshore financial system bigger than the U.S. economy.

Nicholas Confessore New York Times Magazine Nov 2016 35min Permalink