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7th November 2017 - Link Blog

Something is wrong on the internet. James Bridle takes a fascinating and deeply troubling dive into the world of Kids’ YouTube videos, which appear to be increasingly algorithmically generated and are evolving in a very dark direction.

Posted 7th November 2017 at 12:40 pm

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