25 Mar 2025

Feature interview: the internet rabbit holes changing democracy

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 25 March 2025

Democracy depends on people who can think for themselves. But distraction is replacing deliberation with algorithm-driven rabbit holes and endless doomscrolling says Clare Morell. She's a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. and warns that the tech industry's addictive designs don't just impact mental health, they're reshaping our democracy.