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Tue, 21 Jul 2026

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 Is the internet broken?

75% of the world is online, and in many ways it makes all our lives better. But faced with AI slop, misinformation and toxicity, many people are asking: Is there a better way?

* A barrage of ads
* Misinformation
* AI-generated content ("slop")
* Toxicity
* Doom-scrolling A panel featuring Jimmy Wales, Matthew Williams, Cory Doctorow, and Adele Zeynep Walton discuss what went wrong and where the internet is headed next.