2025/08/11

Tech Policy Advocate Calls for Breaking ”Google It” Reflex

“Perhaps the hardest thing to change now will be breaking the instinct to ‘Google it,’ or ‘check a Facebook group,’ or ‘go on X to get immediate news about a developing situation.’ We need to start asking where we can turn for communication that’s mediated as little as possible by technology.”
– Human rights advocate Dia Kayyali, on how the rising tide of misinformation and AI slop will force us to re-learn how to find (trustworthy) information.
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