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CULTURE

Julián Casanova, historian: ‘Goebbels needed to occupy countries to introduce propaganda. Elon Musk needs three minutes’

The expert is stepping away from teaching after a lifetime spent researching and writing about Franco, the Spanish Civil War and the violence of the 20th century. He warns that the values forged in the aftermath of World War II and in rejection of its atrocities are beginning to erode. The danger, he argues, comes not only from fascism but also from a technological oligarchy that may undermine society’s ability to agree on what is true

OPINION

They steal our data, they steal our democracy. The moral catastrophe of Big Tech’s totalitarians-for-profit

A group of corporate power brokers is responsible for the democratic collapse we are witnessing on a global scale. Through their algorithms, they have managed to trap citizens in a mire of information overload and misinformation, while political leaders improvise in response to each new crisis. When business practices carry an unacceptable moral and human cost, they must be abolished. We did it with child labor. And with slavery

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