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Truth Optional: How Digital Platforms Replaced the Press and Democracy Took the Hit

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Careless People, against Meta's claims.">Macmillan is defending its new tech memoir, Careless People, against Meta's claims.

A few good books about too-good-to-be-true tech (to read after your Tesla explodes).

Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume

How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

Julia Angwin on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the Origins of Our Age of Advertising Driven Surveillance Capitalism

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Steven Levy on the Inside Story of Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, and TikTok

Like everything else, all those book bans are probably Facebook's fault.

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

What Discourse Regulation by Social Media Giants Means For Democratic Societies

How Section 230 Shields Platforms from Accountability for What Their Users Post

From Tragedy to Farce: On the Changing Story of Facebook

How a Second-Generation Latino Immigrant Became Known as the Boy Genius of Apple

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

How a Ride-Sharing Collective Aims to Combat the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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