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Zucked Again: Zuckerberg’s Proposal for Regulating the Internet Is Self-Serving

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Zucked Again: Zuckerberg’s Proposal for Regulating the Internet Is Self-Serving
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Paris on May 23, 2018. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
Robert Epstein
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A few years ago, I published an essay explaining how internet moguls use misdirection to trick us into looking the wrong way at critical moments, just as magicians do.
Robert Epstein
Robert Epstein
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Robert Epstein, Ph.D., former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, is a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. A Ph.D. of Harvard University, he has published 15 books and more than 300 articles on AI and other topics. His 2019 Congressional testimony on Big Tech’s threat to democracy can be accessed at EpsteinTestimony.com. You can learn more about his research on online influence at MyGoogleResearch.com.
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