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Casey Newton

What Casey Newton thinks about design

@casey-newton · 14 positions · 0 changes of mind

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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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Casey Newton has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingSpending enough time in San Francisco tends to make people want to start their own company.

    Their wordsNo matter how much fun you're having at your W-2 job, spend enough time in San Francisco and you may find yourself itching to build something of your own.

    ↗What was Hard Fork?platformer.news 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 7 days earlier

  3. Our readingNo one, including safety researchers themselves, is yet confident that superintelligence can be safely controlled.

    AI alignment

    Their wordsI believe the researchers who say we are nowhere close to being sure of it - and are quitting, in protest, jobs that would make them rich.

    ↗The AI safety vibe shiftplatformer.news 3rd of 3 in this piece

  4. 2 weeks earlier

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

    Americasocial media

    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.

    ↗Meta settles with the states over child safety failuresplatformer.news 1st of 3 in this piece

  7. Our readingPlatform design choices are not shielded by the First Amendment or Section 230, so companies can be held liable for harmful features.

    Their wordsjudges and juries have begun to accept the argument that platform design is not covered by either of those, and companies can be punished for harmful features.

    ↗Meta settles with the states over child safety failuresplatformer.news 3rd of 3 in this piece