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Is the internet broken?

Around 75% of the world's population is online, but ads, misinformation, AI slop and toxicity can make the internet feel broken. The video asks what happened and where we're headed next.

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Around 75% of the world's population is online and, in many ways, this makes all our lives better. But faced with a barrage of ads, misinformation, AI slop, toxicity and doom-scrolling, it can feel like the internet is kind of... broken.

What happened? And where are we headed next?

Who is featured in the video?

The video features interviews with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Matthew Williams from Hatelab, author and activist Cory Doctorow and Adele Zeynep Walton from Logging Off Club.

Who helped make it?

Big thanks are given to students at the University of Cardiff.

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