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Feb 2024
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How a Small Iowa Newspaper’s Website Bec...

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When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa’s Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a network of sites slinging seemingly AI-made content. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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