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AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back | Carine Fouteau

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Tech platforms pillage public-interest journalism for profit. But we have leverage as they sow the seeds of their own downfall Carine Fouteau is president and publishing director of the French investigative news outlet Mediapart Big tech companies pose an immeasurable threat: socially, politically, militarily and ecologically.
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AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back | Carine Fouteau
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