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Orkut’s Founder Is Still Dreaming of a Social Media Utopia
Before Orkut launched in January 2004, Büyükkökten warned the team that the platform he’d built it on could…
Why the EU’s Vice President Isn’t Worried About Moon-Landing Conspiracies on YouTube
When European Union vice president Věra Jourová met with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in California last week, they…
A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own
Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some…
Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust
The prominent far-right social network Gab has launched almost 100 chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and…