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Casey, how many conversations do you think you have had since the 2016 election about how

internet platforms and social media are hurting democracy?

I mean, it's sort of become the background chatter to every conversation I have about my beats.

Casey Newton writes the newsletter platformer and he's been reporting on tech and the internet

for years. You know, when I started covering these issues, I don't think the the sort of intersection

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