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   "text": "Web 2.0 companies solved the hosting problem through a Faustian bargain: free hosting is exchanged for access to shared content, ownership of viewers' personal information, control over what may be shared, and access to user attention.",
   "abstract": "In exchange they have access to the information that content providers want to share. They own any personal in- formation from viewers that can be gleaned. They control what content can and can't be shared, guiding popular opinion.",
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   "text": "AI learning is degraded by Web2 platforms because their engagement driven algorithms amplify extreme viewpoints and negativity, so the human sentiment and ethics the models absorb from that data are systematically distorted.",
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   "text": "Web2 platform architecture is a causal contributor to distrust in legal institutions: centralized models driven by engagement metrics prioritize sensationalism over nuanced discourse, which accelerates misinformation and echo chambers and magnifies public distrust.",
   "abstract": "This design incentivizes the rapid spread of both information and misinformation, often amplifying extreme viewpoints and fostering echo chambers. As a result, these platforms can magnify public distrust in legal institutions",
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