What Casey Newton thinks about America

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Founder of Platformer, a newsletter on tech platforms and the people they affect, and co-host of the Hard Fork podcast at the New York Times.

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1. 27 Aug 2026

   Our readingRegulating harmful social media design features for teens should be decided by legislatures, not left to industry agreements.

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   Their wordsWhether American teenagers should be harassed after 10 p.m. by engagement-baiting push notifications ought to be a matter for Congress, not the social media cartel.

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