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The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI

Via MIT Tech Review AI
Friday, Aug 7, 2026 · 2:20PM
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy For years, narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-

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