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How Europe could thwart Elon Musk's free-speech plans for Twitter
Two major pieces of legislation take a very different view of what's allowed
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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Elon Musk buys Twitter
What employees are saying. PLUS: Musk's key decisions
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Obama rallies against disinformation
The former president knows we need a system-wide approach. But where to start?
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The research on social networks is finally getting organized
How a Google Doc from the author of a viral Atlantic essay points the way forward
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How platforms can fight back against spyware
After a harrowing new report about NSO Group, it's time to rethink bug bounties
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How Twitter is losing the takeover battle
Everybody has something to say about the company's future — except for its CEO
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Elon Musk bids for Twitter
There's a new clown car in the gold mine. And it's a Tesla
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The privacy debate Apple isn't having
Forget sideloaded apps for a minute — can we talk about spyware?
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Is the metaverse taxing creators out of existence?
Meta's Horizon Worlds is only the latest next-generation platform to charge nearly half of creators' earnings. Is this the internet we want?
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Elon Musk leaves the Twitter board
He got everything he wanted. What happens next?
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How many giant hacks can web3 afford?
Axie Infinity promised to cover its players' losses. Will the next compromised crypto platform do the same?
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Elon Musk joins the Twitter board
Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power
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Elon Musk's Twitter play
The Tesla CEO is now Twitter's largest shareholder. Is it about free speech — or something else?
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The only popular crypto game is having a terrible year
Its economics are busted and its treasury was just raided for hundreds of millions of dollars. Can Axie Infinity recover?
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The lesson Facebook won't learn
In a reckless, secret campaign against TikTok, the company's paranoia leads to another self-inflicted wound
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How the Digital Markets Act could do some good
Beeper's Eric Migicovsky on why interoperability matters — and is likely inevitable