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My best case for upgrading your Platformer membership today

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YouTube comes for Q

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YouTube comes for Q

Plus: Twitter and the New York Post, revisited

By Casey Newton Oct 15, 2020
The platforms spy a hack-and-leak

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The platforms spy a hack-and-leak

In a New York Post report, Facebook and Twitter smell a rat

By Casey Newton Oct 14, 2020
Facebook rethinks Holocaust denial

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Facebook rethinks Holocaust denial

How real-world violence led Facebook to reverse its most controversial policy

By Casey Newton Oct 13, 2020
Twitter adds friction

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Twitter adds friction

Can you slow down the internet with quote-tweets?

By Casey Newton Oct 12, 2020
Why did Facebook ban QAnon now?

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Why did Facebook ban QAnon now?

The social network and the heap of sand

By Casey Newton Oct 8, 2020
The House makes its move

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The House makes its move

The good, the bad, and the gridlock in Congress' big antitrust report

By Casey Newton Oct 7, 2020
Instagram turns 10

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Instagram turns 10

'No Filter' author Sarah Frier on what comes next

By Casey Newton Oct 6, 2020
Trump is a problem platforms can't solve

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Trump is a problem platforms can't solve

On mail-in voting, COVID-19, and how disinformation spreads. (Also: hi!)

By Casey Newton Oct 5, 2020
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