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A return to Kiwi Farms
A year after the Cloudflare controversy, the site's resilience speaks to the limits of deplatforming
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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Did YouTube solve its rabbit hole problem?
A new study on the power — and limits — of changing a recommendation algorithm
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The unbearable slowness of Meta's Oversight Board
A 234-day wait to get a ruling in a case about incitement to violence suggests that something important is broken
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How platforms can make our politics resilient to AI
OpenAI isn't enforcing its rules — but other platforms may protect us from its mistakes
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Why note-taking apps don't make us smarter
They're designed for storage, not sparking insights. Can AI change that?
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How the chronological feed is making a comeback
Users mostly hate them — but regulators are increasingly requiring them. Why?
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The TikTok deal that wasn’t
PLUS: Another weekend of "Musk says"
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The content moderation problem that isn't going away
As Sama follows Cognizant out of the business, it's clear that no one has a good answer to workers' suffering
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OpenAI wants to moderate your content
Can a chatbot solve the hardest problem on the internet? Moderation experts weigh in
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Elon Musk's creep show
Caught in a series of lies about his willingness to fight Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire's disturbing spiral accelerates
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Social media's invisible effect on global well being
A new study finds little effect of internet use on mental health. Should we trust it?
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Writers are getting deepfaked on Amazon
Platforms are filling up with AI-generated spam — and it's not clear who can build the tools to stop it
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It's time to change how we cover Elon Musk
After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more skeptical approach
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How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance
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How Google and Meta are building AI bots differently
One is focused on utility; the other on personas. Which will win?
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Is X bracing for exodus?
As the company's illegal sign topples from Market Street, a fresh set of employees may also be looking to make the leap