Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Year on the Internet
Big tech platforms have helped us through a year of uncertainty and isolation. We've leaned on social media to stay connected, and we've used sites like Amazon and Instacart to stay well-supplied. But they're not without their skeletons in the closet. The attempted insurrection yesterday at the Capitol is one result of an online ecosystem where disinformation thrives and where algorithm-driven opinion bubbles have driven a lot of us to the fringes of conspiracy. Sarah Frier, a Silicon Valley reporter for Bloomberg News joins us to talk about how the past year has changed our relationship with the internet in the long term, and what we should keep our eye on in the year ahead.