AI slop, privacy fears, and endless scrolling are making people fall out of love with the internet

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A hot potato: Remember the days when the internet was a fun place full of memes and funny videos, and you couldn't use AI to fufil the request, "photos or it didn't happen"? Today, many people's view of the net is becoming negative, with 50% of users expecting their data to be exposed, AI making everything hard to believe, and the web stealing too much of their time.

A survey by personal-data removal service Incogni illustrates the changing attitudes toward the internet. Given the company's business, it's little surprise to see a focus on data breaches.

More than 50% of participants believe that it's inevitable their personal data will be breached, with only 11% disagreeing with the statement. Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) were most confident they'd be safe, but a...

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