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Announcing Sidechannel, a new community for Platformer subscribers
On building a virtual newsroom with some of my favorite reporters
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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The case of the missing platform policies
Exclusive: Amid a rising mental health crisis, Stanford researchers find many companies ignoring posts about self-harm
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Twitch calls in the cavalry
COO Sara Clemens on hiring experts to investigate off-platform abuse
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YouTube does a number on us
On the "violative view rate" and the limits of transparency
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Clarence Thomas lobs a speech bomb
PLUS: Google beats Oracle
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Amazon fights off its Twitter impersonators
Or, why Twitter should verify anyone who asks
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Nick Clegg tries to reset the conversation
Facebook's VP of global affairs talks to us about algorithms, polarization, and the Trump decision
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Competitors circle Clubhouse
After Spotify makes a big acquisition, Clubhouse's future could all come down to Android
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Why Amazon picked a fight with Congress
You can't win a debate with your own workforce
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Congress seeks a yes or no
Our national conversation about misinformation, interrupted
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🚨 The mess at Medium
14 current and former staffers on what went wrong
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Facebook's election report card arrives
It's not great — but it's also not really fair