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Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Peter Kafka

    Technology
    Big Tech told Congress it has plenty of competitors. It’s crushing them all.Big Tech told Congress it has plenty of competitors. It’s crushing them all.
    Technology

    Here are our counterpoints to the points Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook made during their House antitrust hearing.

    By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Facebook is being fined $5 billion for privacy violations, and Wall Street thinks that’s great newsFacebook is being fined $5 billion for privacy violations, and Wall Street thinks that’s great news
    Technology

    Because a $5 billion fine won’t change Facebook’s business. At all.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    The bogus White House social media summit is basically a big trollThe bogus White House social media summit is basically a big troll
    Technology

    “Bogus” kind of gives it away.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Washington’s first attempt at regulating Big Tech is a jokeWashington’s first attempt at regulating Big Tech is a joke
    Technology

    New legislation proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley that’s intended to rid social media of supposed political bias ignores the platforms’ real problems.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Running the New York Times is just one thing A.G. Sulzberger is working onRunning the New York Times is just one thing A.G. Sulzberger is working on
    Technology

    New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger will speak at Code Conference 2019.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Jack Dorsey wants to fix Twitter, and these two execs are trying to make it happenJack Dorsey wants to fix Twitter, and these two execs are trying to make it happen
    Technology

    Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde and Kayvon Beykpour will speak at Code Conference 2019.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    When US regulators investigated Google before, they gave it a pass. What about now?When US regulators investigated Google before, they gave it a pass. What about now?
    Technology

    When the European Union looked at Google, it hit the company with about $9 billion in fines.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Jimmy Pitaro moved ESPN away from politics, controversy, and anything else that isn’t sportsJimmy Pitaro moved ESPN away from politics, controversy, and anything else that isn’t sports
    Technology

    A Q&A with the ESPN boss, who took over Disney’s powerful network a year ago.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Meet the man with an impossible job: cleaning up YouTubeMeet the man with an impossible job: cleaning up YouTube
    Podcast
    Technology

    A Q&A with Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer.

    By Peter Kafka
    Games of Thrones season 8
    Game of Thrones is over. Giant TV hits aren’t going anywhere.Game of Thrones is over. Giant TV hits aren’t going anywhere.
    Games of Thrones season 8

    Audiences are fracturing, but the apparatus that made HBO’s megahit isn’t going away.

    By Peter Kafka

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