Oversight Board
Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board
Shifting priorities and budget pressures could bring an end to the company’s experiment in independent governance, sources say
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.
Content Moderation
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too?
The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech
Content Moderation
Mark Zuckerberg is doing content moderation again
Meta’s CEO said he didn't want to be the speech police. Then he texted Elon Musk
Spotify
Spotify takes on its doppelgänger problem
The company is taking new steps to stop AI impersonation — but across the internet, the problem continues to grow. PLUS: Anthropic in court, and Meta loses in New Mexico
X
Following: Elon tried to tank Twitter
PLUS: the White House's new AI agenda
Meta
Meta's new support bot probably can't get you your account back
The company's new support chatbot is better than what came before — but still missing the one feature that millions are clamoring for
Meta
Why Meta is retreating from encryption
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore
AI
I have been released from my responsibilities as an unwilling editor for Grammarly
Some overdue reflections by its CEO, and a class-action lawsuit, bring an end to “expert review”
Bluesky
Bluesky changes course
Jay Graber built something impressive but stagnant. Can a new CEO get it growing again?
AI
Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it
The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?
Anthropic
Where does Anthropic go from here?
Shunned by the government, and newly appealing to consumers, the company is at a crossroads
OpenAI
What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?
Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?
AI
The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived
AI safety researchers have long worried that a government would seek to use AI for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing. The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic threatens to make it a reality
AI
The shallow impact of India’s AI summit
The US government still can’t think beyond “winning.” The rest of the world is still thinking too small
Social Media
The infinite scroll goes on trial
Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230
Meta
Meta’s face turn
In the company’s latest policy reversal under Trump 2.0, the facial recognition system it blew up in 2021 may be poised for a return