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Vittoria Elliott

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Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power https://www.wired.com/author/vittoria-elliott/ Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82 [email protected] OR [email protected]

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · Feb 20

If you’re a government employee or tech worker and you want to talk about what you’re seeing or you have a tip, you can find me on Signal

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Branden Smith @brandens.bsky.social · 1h

ICE has deported over 100,000 people since January, double the rate of the Biden administration in 2024.

In this video @telliotter.bsky.social reports on where exactly the arrests are happening, where people are being detained, and where they’re being deported to.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1h

And on that note--I am moving into covering immigration more as part of my beat. So if you're a lawyer/advocate/government worker/etc and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82. We can speak anonymously.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1h

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 3h

A really great piece from my colleague @davidgilbert.bsky.social on Rutgers professor Mark Gray and the attacks against him from the right

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 22h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

If you're a government employee and you want to talk, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal. We can speak anonymously.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

NEW! Dept of Education workers say their OOO replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown. When employees changed their responses back to the more neutral language, it changed yet again to the partisan response.

@wired.com @leahfeiger.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Government workers tell @wired.com that their out-of-office replies are being forcibly changed to blame Democrats for the government shutdown.

Scoop from @leahfeiger.bsky.social @telliotter.bsky.social

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Federal workers had their out-of-office replies changed to an unhinged and probably illegal partisan screed; when they changed them to neutral language, the replies were changed yet again. @leahfeiger.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social have the details:

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

NEW! Dept of Education workers say their OOO replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown. When employees changed their responses back to the more neutral language, it changed yet again to the partisan response.

@wired.com @leahfeiger.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 7d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

New from me! The Trump administration is gearing up to take aim "radical left" institutions aka nonprofits that work on everything from democracy to climate change. The industry is bracing for the hit.

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/the-tr...

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They're Getting Ready

As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.

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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 8d

Federal workers are being told to blame Democrats for the shutdown in their OOO auto-responders, complete with suggested language. from @telliotter.bsky.social

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 8d

If you're a federal worker and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82 using a non-work phone. We can speak anonymously.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Federal workers are being told to blame democrats for the shutdown. At SBA workers got an email suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown and at HUD internal systems have a pop-up blaming "the Radical Left."

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Federal workers are being told to blame democrats for the shutdown. At SBA workers got an email suggesting they set out-of-office replies blaming Democrats for the shutdown and at HUD internal systems have a pop-up blaming "the Radical Left."

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Federal workers are being told to blame Democrats for the shutdown. Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies, and pop up banners across different agencies blame Democrats too.

read @telliotter.bsky.social:

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 9d

New article from @wired.com on the Dark Enlightenment cult of billionaires who want to become the new rulers of the world:

bsky.app/profile/tell...

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 13d

NEW from me for @wired.com's politics issue: I have spent SO much time fascinated by the "network state"--privatized cities in special economic zones (SEZs) where the normal rules and regulations don't apply.

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 10d

late to this incredible piece on the tech elite's obsession with making their own nation-states from my brilliant colleague @telliotter.bsky.social ; the lede made me literally lol

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12d

Federal Cops ‘Instigating’ Confrontations With Protesters Outside ICE Building, Portland Police Official Says

Police say "federal agents’ firing on protesters without warning 'enraged' the crowd, which began 'pulling out makeshift shields and throwing things at the agents who fired on them.'”

Federal cops ‘instigating’ confrontations with protesters outside ICE building, Portland police official says in court

Assistant Chief Craig Dobson said federal officers were “causing some of the ruckus” at the ongoing protests.

www.oregonlive.com

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 13d

and our final story (for this week) @telliotter.bsky.social digs into the world of network states (and other like-minded projects) -- when you are so beyond politics you want to make your own country www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13d

From Montenegro to northern California, the tech elite dream of building “network states”—cities where they make the rules.

“This is a colonial project, aimed at tech empire ... Colonization 2.0,“ I told @telliotter.bsky.social

via @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 13d

The idea has been popular amongst Silicon Valley's libertarian right, including Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, for years. But now, with trust in traditional governments waning, and people feeling more connected to their online communities than their fellow citizens, has its time finally come?

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 13d

NEW from me for @wired.com's politics issue: I have spent SO much time fascinated by the "network state"--privatized cities in special economic zones (SEZs) where the normal rules and regulations don't apply.

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

Reposted by Vittoria Elliott

WIRED @wired.com · 13d

From Montenegro to northern California, the tech elite dream of building “network states”—cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 14d

New! We spoke to workers across the federal government about what the months of the DOGE blitz looked like for them, as Elon Musk did a full court press to try and dismantle the US government.

@wired.com

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.