Breaking the Open Web Won’t Stop the Bad Bots

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Breaking the Open Web Won’t Stop the Bad Bots

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Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 days ago

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Policymakers should resist treating anonymity as something wrong in and of itself, argue Lila Bailey and Tess Vartanian.

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