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The surprising force behind Twitter's new anti-harassment policy
How America's internet is becoming increasingly European
Casey Newton
Founder and editor of Platformer, a publication about the intersection of tech and democracy. Prior to founding Platformer in October 2020, Newton was the longtime Silicon Valley editor of The Verge.
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Jack steps back
Theories on why now, and what to expect from Parag Agrawal's Twitter. (Hint: crypto)
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Reasons you think Web3 might fail
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Is the music industry's future on the blockchain?
Royal's Justin Blau and Paradigm's Fred Ehrsam on how selling royalties directly to fans could end predatory record deals
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Facebook plays catch-up on civil rights
One internal report shows progress — while another shows how far it has to go
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How Twitter got research right
While other tech giants hide from their internal researchers, Twitter is doing its failing — and fixing — in public
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Three good ideas for fighting misinformation
Lessons from the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder
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How the internet got riskier for kids during COVID
A new report from Thorn shows that sharing nudes is on the rise
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The crypto backlash hits Discord
What's at stake in the crypto culture war?
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How plagiarism helps explain Facebook's youth problem
The connection between Boomer cringe, stolen posts, and Facebook's lost generation
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What Twitter learned from subscriptions
In experimenting with a paid model, the social network is finding new focus
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The dark horse in the metaverse wars
Is Niantic really building a metaverse for metaverse haters? PLUS: Say hello to Platformer Jobs
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How Instagram and Twitter buried the hatchet
A 9-year feud ends after a backyard pizza night
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Why the NSO Group is a symptom of a larger problem
Governments are turning technology against their own citizens. It's working
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Microsoft's metaverse moment
PLUS: Why Office is coming for Notion
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What the metaverse pessimists are missing
Meta's grand vision is already well on its way