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Adi Robertson

Adi Robertson

Senior Editor, Tech & Policy

Senior Editor, Tech & Policy

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    In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes and AI slop forever.

    Spitfire has a good check-in on the inevitable collision of hyper-documented influencers and hyper-realistic AI video:

    Even if people don’t believe or trust this AI-generated video content of influencers and other public figures, some people will, because a lot of people already really struggle to identify when media is AI-generated and it’s constantly getting harder to tell. And even fake media can be part of a bullying or smear campaign.

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    The cost of digital literacy budget cuts.

    A good story about digital navigators who received federal funds to help kids, seniors, and other people learn to use services like telehealth portals and classroom resources in rural Alabama — until their mission was deemed “woke.”

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    Adi Robertson
    Is your protein powder full of lead?

    If you’re using one of 23 popular supplements, some cool and thorough investigative work at Consumer Reports can tell you the answer is probably yes — and explain why US health regulators aren’t doing anything about it.

    Welcome to the ‘papers, please’ internet

    Porn is increasingly age-gated. Social media is next.

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    “The university and the institute are on different sides of some of these critical questions.”

    The Verge has frequently quoted First Amendment experts from Columbia University’s Knight Institute, but Columbia hasn’t been doing great on the free speech front lately. This Guardian story is an interesting look at the tensions between the two organizations — and some reassurance the institute’s still worth trusting.

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    Municipal broadband is truly Superior.

    Superior, Wisconsin, that is. But it’s great in other places too!

    So… is there a TikTok deal or not?So… is there a TikTok deal or not?
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    The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it

    Is now really the time to put up ID checkpoints on the internet?

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    Senate Democrats push Brendan Carr on censorship.

    They’ve sent a letter asking for any communications the FCC had with ABC and other parties involved with Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and asked Carr to detail exactly how he defines the “public interest” that broadcasters must adhere to. “Under your leadership, the FCC appears to be discarding Congress’s clear directive in the Communications Act to ensure broadcasters act in the “public interest” — and is instead requiring them to act in ‘Trump’s interest,’” they write.