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how walkability became conspiracy theorists’ boogeyman once again
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how walkability became conspiracy theorists’ boogeyman once again

Social media trolls declared “15-minute cities” to be a New World Order plan for open air mass prisons, derailing plans to make North American cities more livable yet again.

how a.i. is ruining the web and leaving humans behind
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how a.i. is ruining the web and leaving humans behind

ChatGPT and its competitors are set to turn search, news, and social media into a complete dumpster fire.

why texas went to war with social media
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why texas went to war with social media

Governments are no longer just interested in controlling social media narratives with bots and premium content. They’re now reaching for new laws.

why wowt (still) can’t quit facebook
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why wowt (still) can’t quit facebook

Facebook is still horrible. But for the time being, it’s indispensable for getting the word for just about anything out.

conspiracy theorists go after the james webb space telescope
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conspiracy theorists go after the james webb space telescope

Proving that we can’t just have nice things in the age of social media, the conspiracy theory industry jumped on the first images from JWST.

how social media algorithms turn us and our politicians into trolls
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how social media algorithms turn us and our politicians into trolls

A study of American politicians’ tweets shows they’ve become angrier and more crass over the last decade. Why? Because social media algorithms reward them for it.

why is right wing social media obsessed with ukrainian biolabs?
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why is right wing social media obsessed with ukrainian biolabs?

Combine malicious propaganda with paranoid people who want to believe they know secrets they don’t, and you get a noxious mess.

how social media brought us to the edge of world war 3
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how social media brought us to the edge of world war 3

With an invasion of Ukraine and thinly veiled threats of nuclear war, we’re living on the edge of World War 3 thanks to Rupert Murdoch, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

how confirmation bias became the most valuable and dangerous product in the world
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how confirmation bias became the most valuable and dangerous product in the world

A massively profitable global industry got that way by showing people only what they already believe. Now we’re dealing with the fallout.

why do we believe what we believe in the age of disinformation?
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why do we believe what we believe in the age of disinformation?

Debunking scams and disinformation has become exponentially harder. We need to dig deep into why people believe what they do, and how social media exploits their fear and anger.

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