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As the internet grows more polarised and manipulated, we’re joined by Jon von Tetzchner—co-founder of Opera and CEO of Vivaldi—to reflect on its evolution and where it all went wrong. With rising social and geopolitical tensions, can businesses still rely on a global web and unchecked profiling? A founder driven by purpose over profit, Jon was there from the beginning and shares rare insights on how the internet went from hope to hazard, and what’s now at stake for society and business alike.

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Chapters:

00:00 WTF Now by S7: Episode 3 - How the internet went wrong

02:16 Chapter 1: An origin story – the internet as a force for good for as many people as possible

11:00 Chapter 2: The inflection point – how advertising morphed into social programming

22:37 Chapter 3: What went wrong? (And what about AI?)

31:54 Chapter 4: WTF Now?