About the IAPP

Casey Newton co-hosts Hard Fork, the critically acclaimed New York Times podcast about the future that is already here, alongside Kevin Roose. Newton is also the founder and editor of Platformer, an independent publication devoted to exploring the intersection of technology and democracy. Always evolving with the news, Newton’s work focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence, how social media affects human behavior and politics, government regulation of Big Tech, as well as the declining trust in government and ongoing threats to democracy.

In 2020, Newton was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for his series of investigative reports about content moderation that lead to a USD52 million settlement for Facebook moderators who developed PTSD on the job. Prior to founding Platformer in 2020, Casey spent 10 years covering Silicon Valley for The Verge, CNET, and the San Francisco Chronicle. While at The Verge, he authored The Interface, a daily newsletter with over 20,000 subscribers, and hosted the Converge podcast, offering humorous and revealing conversations with Silicon Valley’s most fascinating entrepreneurs.