The internet is broken – and so are the users

Awareness that internet platforms can be manipulated to undermine democracy is growing, but governments have yet to devise a defence.

The internet is broken – and so are the users

Awareness that internet platforms can be manipulated to undermine democracy is growing, but governments have yet to devise a defence, writes Roger McNamee.

We were warned. The venture capitalist and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen wrote a widely read essay in 2011 entitled, ‘Why Software Is Eating the World’.

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