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...
Greenwald expands on NSA reporting with new book ‘No Place to Hide’ and 50+ new documents
Glenn Greenwald's Pulse-Pounding Tale of Breaking the Snowden Leaks — In June 2013, Edward Snowden was sitting in his room at the Mira hotel in Hong Kong, watching the world react …
Tails: the privacy-focused Linux version Snowden, Greenwald, and Poitras used to communicate
Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to Evade the NSA — When NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption softwa...
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
How two alienated, angry geeks broke the story of the year — Early one morning last December, Glenn Greenwald opened his laptop, scanned through his e-mail, and made a decision that almost cost him ...
Exclusive: Greenwald exits Guardian for new Omidyar media venture
(Reuters) - Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on U.S. electronic surveillance programs, is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded b...