Tag: media platforms

• Unplugged Mysteries

  June 1, 2025

  Seth Hettena, of Rolling Stone, on Twitter: Erik Prince’s latest venture is the Unplugged phone, an $850 standalone mobile device with its own app suite that’s being developed in Israel… more ›

• Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

  March 5, 2025

  After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of… more ›

• YouTube Statistics Google Doesn’t Want You to Know

  February 15, 2025

  How a computer that ‘drunk dials’ videos is exposing YouTube’s secrets. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250213-youtube-at-20-a-computer-that-drunk-dials-online-videos-reveals-statistics-that-google-doesnt-want-you-to-know more ›

• Faking It: Deepfake Porn Site’s Link to Tech Companies

  February 9, 2025

  This article is the result of a collaboration with German YouTube channel STRG_F. You can watch their documentary here. Warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content from the start.… more ›

• Introducing Spotify snippets, a new feature to enhance podcast based learning

  February 8, 2025

  Spotify is a renowned streaming app that enables users to listen to songs & podcasts. Podcast listening is a great way for listeners to discover enriching content across a variety… more ›

• Welcome, Podcasters! White House Wants New Media at the Press Briefing

  January 29, 2025

  In the delicate journalistic ecosystem of the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the seating chart is the be-all, end-all of status. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/business/media/white-house-press-briefing-podcasters-influencers.html more ›

• The Secret Sauce of Chinese Social Media Apps

  January 27, 2025

  Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment. https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-algorithm-shopping-china/ more ›

• TikTok’s billion-dollar secret that wasn’t

  January 22, 2025

  Last week at Vox Media’s Code conference, Evan Spiegel, Snap’s CEO, touched upon the various pain points that currently afflict the developer behind Snapchat, resulting last month in the company… more ›

• These Influencers Helped Get Trump Elected. Now They’re Ready to Party

  January 21, 2025

  TikTok sponsored an inauguration-eve bash for content creators, proving that the stigma around being MAGA on social media is gone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-donald-trump-inauguration-party-maga-1235241317/ more ›

• Quality is a Serious Problem

  January 20, 2025

    A shift is underway across media. It’s happening on YouTube and Reels, Roblox and Fortnite, Soundcloud and Spotify and here, on Substack. On these platforms—across video, gaming, music and… more ›