Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Chris Hayes, MSNBC & NBCNews THINK
Who Broke the Internet? with Tim Wu
46 minutes Posted May 29, 2018 at 12:00 am.
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From the rise of fake news and the troll farms pumping it out to the harvesting of our Facebook data by groups like Cambridge Analytica, Chris Hayes knows the internet feels pretty crappy these days. In this episode, Hayes examines how something once seen as a miracle of human connection became a free-for-all frenzy to get your clicks, and marvels at the lengths companies will go to keep your eyes to your screens. These are the ideas Tim Wu has spent a career, and two books, exploring. So, when we ask what created the conditions for this environment and angst surrounding our experience with the internet, we turn to Tim.