The Interface By Casey Newton An evening newsletter about Facebook, social networks, and democracy. 418 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh
#415 Nov 11, 2019 A call for publicly owned social networks – Given the phenomenon it describes, it’s perhaps appropriate that the concept of “filter bubbles” has
#414 Nov 7, 2019 Facebook's secret "Switcharoo Plan" – Oh fine, let’s talk about some ancient Facebook history.Once upon a time there was an atrocious compa
#413 Nov 6, 2019 Twitter finally starts shipping – One of my chief criticisms of Twitter over the years has been that the company would much rather talk
#412 Nov 5, 2019 The Senate yells at TikTok – On Monday we talked about some of the pressures stacking up on TikTok: increasing skepticism from Con
#411 Nov 4, 2019 The mounting pressures on TikTok – For the past 10 years, any regulation of social media companies in the United States has moved at a g
#410 Oct 31, 2019 A top content moderation company gives up – Yesterday, as I tried to sort through Twitter’s decision to ban political ads, I got a tantalizing ti
#409 Oct 30, 2019 Twitter does what Facebook won't – If you’ve ever wondered about the value of having multiple social networks competing to develop the b
#408 Oct 29, 2019 A hate speech warning for Facebook in India – We’ve spent the past couple weeks looking at the clash of social networks and democracy in the United
#407 Oct 28, 2019 Facebook's Breitbart problem – If you missed the first-ever Interface Live last week, I hope you’ll consider come seeing me this wee
#406 Oct 24, 2019 The hammer comes down on TikTok – Not since the heyday of Vine have we seen a social app become an engine for the production of culture
#405 Oct 23, 2019 Congress beats up on Mark Zuckerberg – A recurring theme of this newsletter is that, when it comes to big tech companies, Congressional hear
#404 Oct 22, 2019 Marc Benioff talks to us about Facebook and Twitter – The first billionaire I ever interviewed was Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce. It was the summer o
#403 Oct 21, 2019 Facebook goes on offense – Our first-ever live event takes place in San Francisco tomorrow! I’ll be talking with the brilliant d
#402 Oct 17, 2019 Mark Zuckerberg's Fifth Estate – All week, we’ve been talking here about a central debate in our reckoning over big tech platforms and
#401 Oct 16, 2019 Section 230 baffles Congress – What stays up on the internet, and what comes down? It’s a defining question of the age — and the sub
#400 Oct 15, 2019 Fresh battles over borderline content – Our first-ever live event takes place in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 22nd: I’ll be talking with
#399 Oct 14, 2019 Elizabeth Warren calls Facebook's bluff – Welcome new subscribers! Today we celebrate The Interface’s second birthday. For two years now, we’ve
