Casey Newton
Casey Newton is the Founder and Editor of Platformer, a daily newsletter about big technology and democracy. Prior to this, he was the Silicon Valley Editor at The Verge, reporting on the people and products shaping the future of technology and culture. Newton has covered the technology industry for more than 10 years. He also writes on his personal blog CNewton.org, where he publishes more substantive pieces.
Casey Newton Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Editor
Academic History
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BS in Journalism and English
THE INTERFACE
- Newton has published more than 570 issues of The Interface since it launched in October 2017.
- The newsletter currently boasts more than 20,000 subscribers.
- It usually follows the themes of content moderation, disinformation, and the negative effects of social media on society.
- It focuses on Facebook, but it also covers companies like TikTok, Apple, Google, Amazon, and more.
- The stories on the lives of American content moderators for Facebook and Google sparked a national conversation about the working conditions for this essential but often neglected part of the workforce and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for reporting.