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How India could break WhatsApp encryption
From Delhi to Australia, threats to online political speech are growing
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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Apple's antitrust problems keep getting bigger
From Arizona to the European Union, developers' pressure campaign is working
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How YouTube failed the 2020 election test
Three takeaways from a post-mortem on misinformation in the 2020 campaign
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TikTok gets deepfaked
The real worries about a phony Tom Cruise
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The tiny tokens challenging platform power
How NFTs could force social networks to compete for talent
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Twitter pulls a Patreon
Will Super Follows shake up the media industry?
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How social networks should fight authoritarians
With principles, yes — but also pragmatism
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Facebook returns news to Australia
Facebook's Campbell Brown tells us what comes next
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How social networks got competitive again
Facebook's surprising new challengers in audio, video, photos, and text
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Robinhood perplexes Congress
What to do about online mobs? PLUS: Facebook's fallout in Australia
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Facebook calls Australia's bluff
But Google gives in. What's next?
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Australia's bad bargain with platforms
Google and Facebook should support journalism — but not like this
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Twitter seeks the wisdom of crowds
What Birdwatch and an 'algorithmic app store' have in common
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TikTok survives Trump
So what now? PLUS: India ratchets up the pressure on social networks
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In defense of blocking on Clubhouse
Blocking is an important part of privacy — but it could be better
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Facebook ejects the anti-vaxxers
On Section 230's 25th birthday, the Oversight Board does what Congress can't