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Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler
Manage episode 427082862 series 2670587
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here.
Jason Koebler is the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Jason wrote about his theory of the zombie internet and what he’s been seeing on Facebook.
- Back in 2018, Motherboard reported on the rules Facebook gave its content moderators.
- Users of Facebook Free Basics and Wikipedia Zero in Angola found out how to make their own video streaming service for free.
240 episodes
Manage episode 427082862 series 2670587
Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here.
Jason Koebler is the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Jason wrote about his theory of the zombie internet and what he’s been seeing on Facebook.
- Back in 2018, Motherboard reported on the rules Facebook gave its content moderators.
- Users of Facebook Free Basics and Wikipedia Zero in Angola found out how to make their own video streaming service for free.
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