# Web2

`kaal:entity:web2`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `web2`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 3 works, 2021 to 2024.

**2021**

- [3782198-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-012) [mechanism/argued] -- 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.
  > 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.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

**2024**

- [4796714-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4796714-035) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- 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.
  > AI learning is afflicted by web2 systems that bring out suboptimal human generated outcomes. WEB2 platforms often amplify extreme viewpoints and negativity due to their engagement-driven algorithms, presenting a distorted view of human sentiment and ethics.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4796714
- [4957318-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-007) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- 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.
  > 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
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

## Verify

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