Is the internet broken? - BBC

Is the internet broken?

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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.<br>What happened? And where are we headed next?<br>Featuring interviews with: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Hatelab director Matthew Williams, author and activist Cory Doctorow and author and co-founder of Logging Off Club Adele Zeynep Walton. Big thanks to students at the University of Cardiff.<br>Made by BBC Ideas in partnership with UKRI, external

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Film by Daniel Nils Roberts<br>💡Watch more videos at BBC Ideas

Published<br>21 July

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