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Optimizing for outrage: ex-Obama digital chief urges curbs on big tech – The Guardian
Michael Slaby calls Facebook and Google ‘two gorillas’ crushing the creativity needed to combat online conspiracy theories
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A former digital strategist for Barack Obama has demanded an end to big techs profit-driven optimization of outrage and called for regulators to curb online disinformation and division.
Michael Slaby author of a new book, For All the People: Redeeming the Broken Promises of Modern Media and Reclaiming Our Civic Life described tech giants Facebook and Google as two gorillas crushing the very creativity needed to combat conspiracy theories spread by…
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