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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

.” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t. Predictions 2010.

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Well That Was A Year: A Review of My 2020 Predictions

John Battelle's Searchblog

The suits revolve around antitrust law, so the debate will now be dominated by whether or not the government can prove its case in court. And again, thanks to COVID, marketers were not exactly focused on public ledgers and blockchain in 2020. ” Google’s problems with both public perception (hello, three government lawsuits!)

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