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The straight line from Google Maps to Clearview AI

By Casey Newton February 7

How big tech companies could team up to stop deepfakes

By Casey Newton February 6

Tech company Super Bowl ads said as little as possible

By Casey Newton February 5

The Iowa caucus debacle shows why tech and voting don’t mix

By Casey Newton February 5

Facebook’s trust problem isn’t about being understood

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Facebook is putting a surprising restriction on its independent oversight board

By Casey Newton January 30

Misinformation about the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm tech platforms

By Casey Newton January 29

What tech companies should do about their content moderators’ PTSD

By Casey Newton January 28

Big tech CEOs are learning the art of the filibuster

By Casey Newton January 24

PSA: Never open a WhatsApp message from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia

By Casey Newton January 23

The need for a federal privacy law has never been greater

By Casey Newton January 22

Twitter hashtags aren’t as useful as they used to be

By Casey Newton January 17

Chris Evans started a new site about politics because he thinks Wikipedia entries are too long

By Casey Newton January 16

Instagram messages on the web could pose an encryption challenge

By Casey Newton January 15

Why activists get frustrated with Facebook

By Casey Newton January 14

Facebook’s revised political advertising policy doubles down on division

By Casey Newton January 10

How Facebook’s ad in Teen Vogue came back to haunt it

By Casey Newton January 9

Facebook’s deepfakes ban has some obvious workarounds

By Casey Newton

TikTok may be edging closer to a sale

By Casey Newton January 7

16 predictions for social networks in 2020

By Casey Newton December 20, 2019

The software behind Facebook’s new Supreme Court for content moderation

By Casey Newton December 19, 2019

Pinterest slashes contractor pay for the holidays

By Casey Newton December 17, 2019

A decentralized Twitter would bring the company back to its past

By Casey Newton December 12, 2019

The fight over encrypted messaging is just beginning

By Casey Newton December 11, 2019

Why Alphabet’s days could be numbered under its new CEO

By Casey Newton December 5, 2019

Larry Page is the tech world’s Dr. Manhattan

By Casey Newton December 4, 2019

Singapore’s fake news law should be a warning to American lawmakers

By Casey Newton December 3, 2019

Four reasons social networks gave us to be thankful this year

By Casey Newton November 28, 2019

How Mark Zuckerberg failed his 2019 personal challenge

By Casey Newton November 27, 2019

Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230

By Casey Newton November 26, 2019

Social networks have been weaponized for the impeachment hearings

By Casey Newton

And Facebook is making real money off it

Why tech companies owe us more than a quarterly transparency report

By Casey Newton November 14, 2019

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on why Spectacles are a new kind of camera

By Casey Newton November 13, 2019

‘Filter Bubble’ author Eli Pariser on why we need publicly owned social networks

By Zoe Schiffer November 12, 2019

How leaked court documents reveal Facebook’s fundamental paranoia

By Casey Newton November 8, 2019

Twitter is finally backing up its talk with action

By Casey Newton November 7, 2019

TikTok has a credibility problem with Congress

By Casey Newton November 6, 2019

The threats against TikTok are beginning to add up

By Casey Newton November 5, 2019

Why a top content moderation company quit the business instead of fixing its problems

By Casey Newton November 1, 2019