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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

My Role as a ‘Complicit’ Journalist: Algorithms turn nuanced articles into rage bait that helps fuel political violence.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/whcd-journalism-political-violence-algorithms/687040/

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