Meta
Meta goes mask-off
Scenes from a Trump transition
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.
Meta
Meta just killed its diversity, equity and inclusion program
What employees are saying about the company's embrace of MAGA ideology —and what Meta is telling them not to say
Meta
Inside Meta’s dehumanizing new speech policies for trans people
"A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it," reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
Meta
Meta surrenders to the right on speech
“I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer
OpenAI
OpenAI says it knows how to make superintelligence now
But that might be the easy part
AI
15 predictions for 2025
PLUS: What I got right and wrong about 2024
TikTok
TikTok looks for a miracle
From the United States to the European Union, threats to the app are growing
Anthropic
How Claude uses AI to identify new threats
PLUS: Exclusive data on how people are using Anthropic’s chatbot
TikTok's final countdown
After Trump passes up an opportunity to say he will save the app, ByteDance is at a crossroads
AI
What I learned from the “AI is fake and sucks” debate
Gary Marcus (and many others) respond
AI
The phony comforts of AI skepticism
It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous
TikTok
TikTok and the Romanian candidate
An election interference case in Europe sounds oddly familiar to America's story in 2016. How seriously should we take it?
Australia
Australia bans young teens from social media
It's a blow for free expression — and an enormous gift to YouTube
Google keeps meddling with the web
With antitrust prosecutions in full swing, the company keeps giving regulators fresh reasons for concern
Bluesky
Inside Bluesky’s big growth surge
After adding millions of new users in weeks, the company tells Platformer that it will quadruple the size of its moderation team
Google wants to keep Chrome
The search giant is pushing back on the government’s plan to break it up — but competition is coming anyway