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The child safety problem on platforms is worse than we knew
A startling new report finds far more young kids using platforms than we suspected — and they’re having sexual interactions with adults in huge numbers
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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WhatsApp's woes get worse
Why the privacy policy blow-up won't go away
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AGs blast Instagram's kids app
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Everyone yells at the Oversight Board
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The Oversight Board punts on Trump
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Twitter subscribes to Scroll
What the company's recent acquisitions mean for media
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🚨 How Basecamp blew up
Inside the all-hands meeting that led a third of the company to quit, and an executive to resign
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🚨 How Basecamp blew up
Inside the all-hands meeting that led a third of the company to quit, and an executive to resign
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The Oversight Board proves its mettle
In revealing Facebook's failures in India, the board fulfills its promise
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Basecamp offers buyouts
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🚨 What really happened at Basecamp
How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning
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India censors the platforms
With COVID-19 surging, the Modi government brings down the ban hammer
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How Figma went remote
CEO Dylan Field on the fast-growing design platform's new digital whiteboard, and what it takes to make a hybrid office work
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Apple pulls a Patreon
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Five takeaways about Facebook's pivot to audio
CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's big bet on creators
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