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Chatbots Are Repeating Social Media’s Harms

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Nitasha Tiku on AI companies, user engagement, and social media.

Paris Marx

June 26, 2025

Young people look at their phones in the City of London, the capital’s financial district, on May 30, 2025, in London, England. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

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Chatbots Are Repeating Social Media’s Harms | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how AI companies are preying on users to drive engagement and how that’s repeating many of the problems we’re belatedly trying to address with social media companies at an accelerated pace.

Nitasha Tiku is a technology reporter at the Washington Post.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, I’m joined by Nitasha Tiku to discuss how AI companies are preying on users to drive engagement and how that’s repeating many of the problems we’re belatedly trying to address with social media companies at an accelerated pace.

Nitasha Tiku is a technology reporter at The Washington Post.

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The Luddite Club is For Everyone w/ Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson | Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Hanna-McLeer and Lucy Jackson to discuss the story of The Luddite Club, from its beginnings as a high school organization to its pivot into a non-profit and growth into an international movement.

Amanda Hanna-McLeer is a writer, educator, and director of The Luddite Club documentary. Lucy Jackson is an early member of the Luddite Club.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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