Substack touts itself as an alternative to toxic, ad-driven social media, but many of its top earners are polarizing figures who were deplatformed elsewhere
The company's CEO says the old way of social media is broken—but is his alternative much different? Tweets: @kantrowitz , @glennf , @ggreenwald , @rasmus_kleis , @aishagani , @wired , @wired , @carnag...
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters
Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? Tweets: @benthompson , @cliomiso , @asymmetricinfo , @can , @bdomenech , @maxwellstrachan , @dandre...
Interview with Pavel Durov, Telegram creator, on US government-funded secure messaging apps, privacy, and the FBI's attempt to bribe his team into being moles
Yasha Levine / The Baffler : Tweets: @neuwaves , @neuwaves , @lucasjosh , @thebafflermag , @socraticgadfly , @timothys , @yashalevine , @thebafflermag , and @thebafflermag Tweets: Jordan Pearson / @n...
Edward Snowden just did a Reddit AMA. Here's what we learned
(AP Photo/the Guardian … Tim Sohn / SocialTimes : Social Media Newsfeed: Europe Dislikes Facebook Privacy Policy | New Ad Targeting Kayla Epstein / Guardian : Highlights from the Snowden, Poitras, and...