Podcast: Facebook is the 'Zombie Internet'

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How Facebook is even worse than dead; Pokemon Go players cheating by messing with maps; and how ticket resellers are transferring untransferable tickets.

Apologies for some audio issues this week, they'll be fixed next time, but for now we have a super packed episode! We start with Jason's months-long deep dive into what Facebook has become with all of that AI-generated garbage on the site. It's not the dead internet, it's something much worse. After the break, Emanuel explains how Pokemon Go players are manipulating mapping technology to cheat at the game. Then in the subscribers-only section, Jason breaks down the latest cat and mouse game between ticket sellers and brokers.

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• Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet
• Pokémon Go Players Invent Fake Beaches on Real Maps to Catch Rare Wigletts
• How Resellers Are Transferring Billie Eilish's 'Untransferable' Tickets