Casey Newton

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Facebook makes some Ray-Bans

A milestone in smart glasses — and in the future of privacy?

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The day context came back to Twitter

What Communities mean for our favorite hell site

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What ProPublica's investigation into WhatsApp left out

User reporting is good for privacy — and for encryption's future

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Loot is a viral social network that looks like nothing you've ever seen

Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)

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Why Twitch needs a panic switch

As 'hate raids' proliferate, new tools from Instagram and Twitter suggest a possible solution

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How platforms are changing our politics

Two new studies on how social network incentives are having an outsized effect

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Apple's two-front war

How new laws and organizing workers could change the company forever

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All the most popular posts on Facebook are plagiarized

Being original on Facebook doesn't pay, according to its own data

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OnlyFans changes its mind

But the biggest questions about its future are still unanswered

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Five questions about OnlyFans and the future of the adults-only internet

Porn drives tech revolutions. So what happens now?

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Facebook hides a report

How a botched attempt at self-regulation set back the conversation around misinformation

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How Glass is challenging Instagram by going back in time

Can a throwback social network compete with a giant?

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What Twitter should copy from Tinder

How a dating app solved the platforms' verification mess

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The platforms' Taliban dilemma

A designated terrorist organization rules Afghanistan. Now what?

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The child safety debate intensifies

As Apple explains itself, other platforms reveal new approaches

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Apple joins the child safety fight

It's a clever approach to protecting kids — but privacy advocates are worried