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h1News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.
h2Latest
h3The UK's age gates are coming to America
h3Trust and safety workers on why they're not speaking out
h3Is anyone left to defend trust and safety?
h3The Google study that told us what we already suspected
h3Google and OpenAI fight over a high-school math competition
h3Let’s all try to help Substack live up to its new valuation
h3Grok's new porn companion is rated for kids 12+ in the App Store
h3The campaign to make it illegal for ChatGPT to criticize Trump
h3Sam Altman upstages the critics
h3Meta's five biggest AI problems
h3The dream of the Fediverse is alive on Threads
h3The president is selling a phone
h2Platformer

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# News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.

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### The UK's age gates are coming to America

The rocky rollout of age verification in the United Kingdom — and the privacy debacle at Tea — illustrate why a different approach is needed

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jul 29, 2025

### Trust and safety workers on why they're not speaking out

What readers say I got wrong in our last edition

By Casey Newton Jul 28, 2025

### Is anyone left to defend trust and safety?

It’s under assault this year from users, politicians, and their own executives — but the industry has responded with silence

By Casey Newton Jul 24, 2025

### The Google study that told us what we already suspected

When users see AI overviews, clicks fall in half. How does the web survive?

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jul 22, 2025

### Google and OpenAI fight over a high-school math competition

The race to AGI is getting petty

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jul 21, 2025

### Let’s all try to help Substack live up to its new valuation

The company's new unicorn status has already led its founders to reverse their position on advertising. What other compromises are they prepared to make?

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jul 17, 2025

### Grok's new porn companion is rated for kids 12+ in the App Store

AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them. Parents need to pay attention

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jul 15, 2025

### The campaign to make it illegal for ChatGPT to criticize Trump

The conservative pressure campaign against social networks was hugely successful — and now it's coming for AI

By Casey Newton Jul 14, 2025

### Sam Altman upstages the critics

And six other takeaways from Hard Fork Live

By Casey Newton Jun 26, 2025

### Meta's five biggest AI problems

The company clearly needs an infusion of fresh talent — but blank checks aren't going as far as they used to

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jun 23, 2025

### The dream of the Fediverse is alive on Threads

Decentralized media is off to an agonizingly slow start — but there are glimmers of progress

By Casey Newton Jun 17, 2025

### The president is selling a phone

The Trump Mobile T1 probably won't be a big hit. It's still dangerous

lock-1 By Casey Newton Jun 16, 2025

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