The Interface By Casey Newton An evening newsletter about Facebook, social networks, and democracy. 539 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh
#536 Jul 6, 2020 What's really behind "tech" versus "journalism" – Last week, the worlds of technology and journalism were transfixed by a conflict that played out acro
#535 Jul 1, 2020 What Reddit owes its moderators; Facebook's ad boycott grows – Programming note: The Interface is off Thursday. Back on Monday.I. Should Reddit pay its volunteer mo
#534 Jun 30, 2020 Everything social networks banned this week, ranked – Rarely do we see so many ban hammers drop over a 48-hour period as we have seen this week. The big so
#533 Jun 29, 2020 Facebook's ad-pocalypse arrives – It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump, Reddit banned The_Donald, You
#532 Jun 25, 2020 Lawmakers mount new attacks on Section 230 and encryption – To close out the week, let’s talk about some of the recent efforts in the United States to settle lon
#531 Jun 24, 2020 Facebook fights the Boogaloo – Lately a question I have been asking myself is: how worried do we need to be about the Boogaloo group
#530 Jun 23, 2020 How Basecamp bent Apple – A weird thing about running a tech company is that if you are very successful, at some point you will
#529 Jun 22, 2020 Trump vs. Facebook and the TikTok teens; Snap steps in it – Happy Worldwide Developer Conference to those who celebrate. I spent the weekend watching three stori
#528 Jun 17, 2020 Facebook toggles off political ads – Programming note: The Interface is off on Thursday. Back on Monday.It seems hard to believe now, but
#527 Jun 16, 2020 Apple's antitrust reckoning – I. Say your company makes a new email platform. In 2020, that means building not just a website but a
#526 Jun 15, 2020 The exposure notification flop – Last week I wrote about a set of predictions that I got spectacularly wrong. Today, to soothe my frag
#525 Jun 11, 2020 Evan Spiegel on the future of Snapchat; Chris Cox's comeback – Today Snap held its second-ever partner summit as a virtual event, announcing a new suite of products
#524 Jun 10, 2020 Antitrust meets astroturf – One of the big rules on Facebook is that you have to use your real name. This policy has created some
#523 Jun 9, 2020 How TikTok found its footing – Today felt like an unusual lull in the intersection of our many unfolding national and global crises,
#522 Jun 8, 2020 How content moderation can empower racists – I. Recently the president did a bad post, and a lot of people got mad. Twitter hid the post behind a
#521 Jun 4, 2020 The Oversight Board and the N-word – Let’s conclude what turned out to be Free Speech Week on The Interface with a look at a case involvin
#520 Jun 3, 2020 Snap takes a stand – On Sunday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent employees an unusually personal note reflecting on the events o
