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It’s the End of the Web as We Know It (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

COPPA is 100% a threat to online privacy. AI, although just a tool, is absolutely empowering those with the goal of social manipulation through disinformation. Fabricated information can no longer be disproven at the rate it’s created, and too many “news” sites rely on trending web scrapers for content. By the time retractions and corrections are made, the masses are reading the next headline.