Newsletter
Google's new play to pay
Can a more social approach to payments help Google break through?
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.
Newsletter
Twitter adds fleets to its story
Can a platform design its way toward healthier conversations?
Newsletter
Was Parler inevitable?
How the giants' self-regulation created a market opportunity
Newsletter
Instagram brings Reels to the center
Q&A with director of product development Robby Stein on the app's big redesign
Newsletter
Facebook reaches for balance
Can fresh data alter the belief that it's a right-wing echo chamber?
Newsletter
Parler is having a moment
Why a conservative pop-up network bears watching
Newsletter
Why the 2020 election won't end
Republicans won't accept the outcome. What's a tech platform to do?
Newsletter
How platforms fared in fighting the last war
Facebook and Twitter learned a lot of lessons in 2016. Did it help in 2020?
Newsletter
How YouTube got played on Election Day
Facebook and Twitter planned for the actual threat. YouTube didn't
Newsletter
The platforms hold their breath
Election Day went mostly OK. What now?
Newsletter
It all comes down to this
Will tech platforms exorcise the ghost of 2016 on Election Day?
Newsletter
Platforms profit from the pandemic
Everyone reports earnings; plus more on the Section 230 hearing