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Facebook returns news to Australia
Facebook's Campbell Brown tells us what comes next
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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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
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A top Trump critic leaves the Oversight Board
Pamela Karlan won't be around to hear Trump's case. Does it matter?
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Will India ban Twitter?
After a dramatic escalation in tensions, tweets risk going the way of TikToks
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Andy Jassy's platform problems
Four places for Amazon's new CEO to focus
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Clubhouse's moment arrives
Elon Musk disrupts podcasting. PLUS: Robinhood's big mistake
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Robinhood deplatforms a stock
Plus: Facebook's Oversight Board era begins
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Reddit roils Wall Street
Why mobs are ruling the internet in 2021
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Twitter comes for Substack
There's reason to celebrate — and to worry