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Facebook Is the Zombie Internet w/ Jason Koebler
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.