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Deplatforming Trump didn't work
The ex-president is as powerful than ever, and democratic erosion is accelerating. Congress is nowhere. What now?
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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Instagram goes to Congress
Who's really responsible for the status quo?
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How Snap is sidestepping the metaverse
Forget your interoperable, NFT-based future — Snap is betting directly on hardware and developers
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Twitter gets played by the neo-Nazis
Fascists are embracing their new right to be forgotten. Will the rest of America?
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Congress trips over Section 230, again
Another policy area where Europe has roared ahead of the USA
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Axie's token trouble
The rewards for playing a high-flying crypto video game are in decline. Should blockchain bulls be worried?
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The surprising force behind Twitter's new anti-harassment policy
How America's internet is becoming increasingly European
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Jack steps back
Theories on why now, and what to expect from Parag Agrawal's Twitter. (Hint: crypto)
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Reasons you think Web3 might fail
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Is the music industry's future on the blockchain?
Royal's Justin Blau and Paradigm's Fred Ehrsam on how selling royalties directly to fans could end predatory record deals
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Facebook plays catch-up on civil rights
One internal report shows progress — while another shows how far it has to go
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How Twitter got research right
While other tech giants hide from their internal researchers, Twitter is doing its failing — and fixing — in public
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Three good ideas for fighting misinformation
Lessons from the Aspen Institute's Commission on Information Disorder
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How the internet got riskier for kids during COVID
A new report from Thorn shows that sharing nudes is on the rise
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The crypto backlash hits Discord
What's at stake in the crypto culture war?
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How plagiarism helps explain Facebook's youth problem
The connection between Boomer cringe, stolen posts, and Facebook's lost generation