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2 storys on control.

Control 2 Culture and entertainment 2 Data Centers 2 Governance and institutional trust 1 Immigration 4 Institutional impartiality and professional regulation 1 Jobs 2 Media legitimacy and political labelling 1 Progress 1 Religion 10 Religion in public life 4 Safety Wars 3 Technology and AI 1 The AI Fault Line 1 The World Cup 10 US foreign policy and the US-Israel relationship 2 Wealth & Power 3

2 tested claims: read plainly, 1 holds and 1 mixed; read at their widest, 1 mixed and 1 unresolved.

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Cartoon of a data center building with a large camera on the roof, a small person looking up at it
USControl The claim

Critics say Big Tech's AI buildout is really one big surveillance machine.

The catch

Anthropic turned down $200 million from the Pentagon rather than loosen its rules against mass surveillance.

PlainHoldsWidestOpen
Cartoon of a person turning a crank behind a curtain while a giant wave rises on the other side
USControl The claim

Critics say the AI industry is selling inevitability to make opposition feel pointless before it forms.

The catch

A hundred-plus cities protested data centers five months after the industry's biggest ad push.

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Read at its widest