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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

At The Seattle Times, Ev Ehrlich recalls the optimism that accompanied the creation and early growth of the internet, the belief that it would become, in Al Gore’s words, the “information superhighway.” He argues that the reality is less than optimal, if not downright dystopian. A snippet (emphasis added):

The internet has become . . . a profound social nightmare, as these companies (Facebook and Google–ed.) enable the distortion of democracy, perpetuation of hateful propaganda, the theft of intellectual property, racism and anti-Semitism, and the invasion if not the end of personal privacy, all of which redound to the profitability of a few monopolistic giants. And like Captain Renault in “Casablanca,” they are “Shocked!” when what goes on under their auspices is exposed.

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