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Episode: Algorithm and blues: a watershed social-media verdict
Description: A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addictive. That opens the floodgates to more litigation and perhaps to regulatory change. We examine the worldās maritime chokepoints and how they shape geopoliticsālittorally, not figuratively. And how digitally animated films came to dominate the box office.Guests and host:Tom Wainwright, media editorAnton La Guardia, diplomatic editorAlex Selby-Boothroyd, head of data journalismJason Palmer, co-host of āThe IntelligenceāTopics covered:Ā social-media sites, internet use, online addictiongeopolitics, chokepoin...