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BBC Radio 4
The Gatekeepers
Jamie Bartlett traces the story of how and why social media companies have become the new information gatekeepers, and what the decisions they make mean for all of us.
It's 20 years since Facebook launched and the social media we know today - but it all started with a crazy idea to realise a hippie dream of building a "global consciousness". The plan was to build a connected world, where everyone could access everyone and everything all the time; to overthrow the old gatekeepers and set information free.But social media didn't turn out that way. Instead of setting information...
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4.6 stars from 152 ratings
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“Very useful and educational, and a little bit scary. Should be thought in schools across the globe. Would highly recommend to anyone who cares about there future”
horsesforlifw via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
04/17/24
Stop the overdramatising
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“This is a fundamentally interesting story and well researched. But can we have less of the background noise/music. It’s so unnecessary and annoying. Also I think there is a tendency to overdramatise everything. the story is good enough: it doesn’t need hyping.”
OJS63 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/09/24
Extraordinary
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“This podcast is absolutely spot on,well documented and researched. A must listen for everyone.”
happycolors1 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
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