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Dan Gillmor

112 articles stable

Five 2024Q2 mentions marked Dan Gillmor's recent high point, amid coverage centered on platform power, privacy, and technology-policy accountability.

Who they are

Dan Gillmor appears in this coverage as a journalist and public commentator on technology platforms, digital rights, surveillance, and market power. His recurring associations with Twitter, Facebook, Google, Mastodon, Elon Musk, Apple, and Alex Howard place him in debates over how major online services are governed and challenged.

The recent arc

Recent coverage rose to five mentions in 2024Q2, then settled into a steadier pattern through 2025. The high-impact June 2024 report that Microsoft would make Recall opt-in, encrypt its search-index database, and require Windows Hello sits squarely in the privacy and accountability concerns surrounding Gillmor's appearances in the corpus. Earlier prominent coverage also tracked X governance, including Elon Musk's proposal to remove blocking and Apple's pause in advertising after concerns over content beside ads.

The tension

The central tension is between concentrated platform power and meaningful user, writer, and public oversight. Gillmor is tied to calls for antitrust regulators to address winner-take-all markets, criticism of Substack management alongside Andrea Grimes and others, and support for scrutiny of Mastodon following Andy Bell's critique; the pattern extends from centralized networks such as Twitter and Facebook to decentralized alternatives.

Why it matters

If these debates continue to define the technology agenda, Gillmor's coverage will remain relevant where product design, platform moderation, market concentration, and state surveillance overlap. The recent Microsoft Recall and X-related stories show that governance questions can be driven both by corporate policy changes and by public pressure, though the corpus does not establish whether decentralized services or regulatory action will offer a durable counterweight.

Dan Gillmor has appeared in 112 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Twitter, Trump, Facebook, Google.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-12-01
New York Times 24 related

How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts

Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends silly legal threat to ...

2025-11-06
ProPublica 1 related

Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies

so poor all they have is money.  And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum... Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Given all the ways in which the ultra-wealthy have cur...

2025-08-26
Android Authority 32 related

Google plans to begin verifying the identities of developers who distribute Android apps, even outside the Play Store, rolling out in phases from September 2026

Stop this shit Google.  If I want to sideload an app, I should be able to sideload an app.  —  www.androidauthority.com/android- deve... @natanael : This is what Apple got sued for and lost over in EU...

2025-08-14
Reuters 21 related

New York AG Letitia James sues Zelle, claiming that security lapses led to $1B+ in consumer fraud losses; the US CFPB dropped a similar case in March 2025

What To Know About Alleged $1 Billion Scams Over The App Lisa Hornung / UPI : N.Y. AG Letitia James sues parent company of Zelle for allowing fraud Truman Lewis / ConsumerAffairs.com : Zelle sued by N...

2025-06-17
Variety 50 related

The Trump Organization teases the $499 “T1 Phone”, a gold phone “designed and built” in the US, and Trump Mobile, an MVNO that uses AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile

The President Launches a Mobile Carrier and a $500 ‘T1’ Android Phone Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register : Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone Joseph Gedeon / The Guar...

2025-06-03
New York Times 3 related

Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers

Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the anti...

2025-05-08
Washington Post 9 related

Internal messages show how during trade negotiations, the US State Department pushed nations facing tariffs to clear regulatory hurdles for SpaceX's Starlink

Two plus two equals four.  There are twenty-four hours in a day. Gustaf Kilander / The Independent : US is pushing Starlink on nations facing tariffs as Musk stands to benefit from trade deals: report...

2025-03-14
The Verge 15 related

An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t... Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg.com : Guess what book I just bought!  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : this must be the “masculine” adorat...

2025-01-12
The Verge 21 related

In Joe Rogan's softball interview, Zuckerberg pointed to Apple and agencies like CFPB as new targets for the GOP, without mentioning GOP's pressure on Meta

'They haven't invented anything great in a while' Brendan Ryan / Dexerto : Mark Zuckerberg reveals staggering number of Meta users during Joe Rogan's podcast Nathan Worcester / NTD : 5 Takeaways From ...

2025-01-04
Citation Needed 6 related

An in-depth look at Elon Musk's criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking information sources outside their control

the context is essential.  —  www.citationneeded.n...  (Please donate to Wikipedia, too!) Marciano Siniscalchi / @marciano : Looks like Elon fails to understand basic psychology and incentives.  Peopl...

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